From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 19 21:28:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6328B1065675 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:28:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nm.knife@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F678FC13 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:28:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qadz32 with SMTP id z32so30349qad.13 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:28:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=vDGDYMNASc8yi/9sxry4lBUAt1luYZSE4j//AUv9tAk=; b=VPA2fSih4Ic4jsaiMdVaK4rnQwmNCty4/KDWoMX5ic9ybC8Rgu7QhByISX5ugri3JC W6TT9GdrzKqNqIGR+BEnSAHm1gxilYhEaj3JjpA7ttsFpVlYlwuNP6jw/dVdoWcXUfti kizuYOPIUZg1XDy1tNrWeH6vBcwVBAHZuglDo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.114.2 with SMTP id jc2mr1379600obb.27.1319059729346; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:28:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.116.36 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:28:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E9EE370.8000604@freebsd.org> References: <4E9EE370.8000604@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:28:49 -0700 Message-ID: From: =?windows-1251?B?y/7h7uzo8CDD8Ojj7vDu4g==?= To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: POWER3 / IBM 7028-6E1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:28:50 -0000 According to http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2011-04-2011-06.html#FreeBSD/powerpc64-on-IBM-pSeries-machines the powerpc64 should work on pSeries IBM machines (that's the plan). It's not very far in, thought. I will burn the powerpc iso and see how far it gets. > I don't know a lot about POWER3. Your hardware isn't supported, for sure. > It's possible the 9.0 PowerPC builds do something on it, and it would be > interesting to see what if you feel like trying. If it manages to print > anything to console, it's possible support could be added. The 64-bit kernel > will certainly not work, as it depends on the newer MMU architecture > introduced with the POWER4. > -Nathan > -- Lyubomir Grigorov (bgalakazam)