From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 27 16:13:34 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79B9AE68 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:13:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sender1.zohomail.com (sender1.zohomail.com [74.201.84.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62C36197A for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:13:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [150.0.7.9] (rrcs-67-79-10-18.sw.biz.rr.com [67.79.10.18]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1430151212013642.6021634473038; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:13:32 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.4.9.150325 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:13:28 -0500 Subject: Re: Volunteer To Revive Sun4v From: Robert Parkhurst To: Trevis CC: Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Volunteer To Revive Sun4v References: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="EUC-KR" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:13:34 -0000 Ahh okay my bad=A1=A6I thought I=A1=AFd done my research better..never mind at hardware :( From: Trevis Date: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 11:12 AM To: Robert Parkhurst Cc: Subject: Re: Volunteer To Revive Sun4v Robert, The Ultra 60 should be taken care of by the existing sparc64 port as listed on https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html The sun4v port would be for machines such as the T2000. As far as I know, there hasn't been a workstation with a sun4v processor. Though I would gladly be proven wrong o= n that. Best, Trevis On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Robert Parkhurst wrote: > Greetings, >=20 > I would love to see this and if possible, would like to help out. >=20 > I=A9=F6ve got an Ultra 60 at home with dual UltraII 450=A9=F6s and I think 768MB = RAM > to work with. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Robert >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 4/27/15, 10:50 AM, "Trevis Elser" > > wrote: >=20 >> >Hi everyone. I posted a similar message on the sun4v mailing list, but >> >activity there seems pretty much dead and these are related. I'd like t= o >> >volunteer to restart the sun4v arch port. >> > >> >Obvious places to start seem to be: >> >1) Posting on the sparc64 mailing list a similar message about >> >volunteering >> >to take this on. >> > >> >2) Digging up the old sun4v code. >> > >> >3) Taking a look at OpenBSD's support for sun4v, which is merged in wit= h >> >sparc64 there. So perhaps something similar, or at least a minimization= of >> >code duplication from sparc64 could be achieved in FreeBSD. >> > >> >Any thoughts, directions, tips, encouragement, discouragement (though t= hat >> >would be a curiosity), or hardware to work with :) etc. etc. would be >> >greatly appreciated! >> > >> >Thank you for the time it took to read, >> > >> >Trevis >> >_______________________________________________ >> >freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 >=20 >=20