Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:10:05 +0100 From: "Goetz T. Fischer" <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware Message-ID: <20260115211005656337.dfe9497c@r-a-c.de> In-Reply-To: <7A169EF5-C7A3-45DD-A45F-945E9465C32F@cmpct.info> References: <CALcyL1okAizqAr_wEoU5QdDs%2BYYj1ELrWQHsTUCYtKqDnKK0dQ@mail.gmail.com> <20260115201210007840.1c572165@r-a-c.de> <20260115142413.1834b7ab@ralga.knownspace> <20260115205334752513.15e12efc@r-a-c.de> <7A169EF5-C7A3-45DD-A45F-945E9465C32F@cmpct.info>
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:01:00 -0400, Calvin Buckley wrote: > On Jan 15, 2026, at 3:53 PM, Goetz T. Fischer <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> wrote: >> >> sorry i should have been more precise. i mean powervm + vios support. i.e. freebsd would support >> the virtual vios disks and nics. otherwise it needs a pure, dedicated lpar with its own, >> exclusive >> hardware which doesn't make much sense on ibm power systems. >> that would be highly welcome! > > There is llan(4) now, but I don't think there's one for the VIO SCSI. > > With llan(4), you could at least boot diskless. I haven't had much luck > with FreeBSD and VIOS however (see #279137). i'm on power8 as well and tried a few versions last year and none would even boot. the bootloader couldn't find any devices if i interpreted the error messages correctly..home | help
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