From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Thu Oct 4 04:22:18 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A34EB10BF6D7 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2018 04:22:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.bowling@kev009.com) Received: from mail-it1-x12b.google.com (mail-it1-x12b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::12b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 419A3826A0 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2018 04:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.bowling@kev009.com) Received: by mail-it1-x12b.google.com with SMTP id j81-v6so11407430ite.0 for ; Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:22:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kev009.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3avU7fWSKBGmGTapLiC0ccNn4df85kAzHhYF/WugKqI=; b=L5M0tmiX9Yj+TcY0lQ/j9RY2cGCEgHEqXTwKfsKODDRbnhv4Eu4CQkMqCm7/1CxPc9 hHQKTGeqFftLoj7f9rpKJ6LLdmO8ac1gn4Xj4sSFj4NyUTHVv8nV/YLHzP3ei4lWaS1G oiOuS4bn1sxqTpD7UBbcV7GYSwwmwiGw9L7ko= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3avU7fWSKBGmGTapLiC0ccNn4df85kAzHhYF/WugKqI=; b=msO3Atqli0RUmfs2BrXXee/Kf3SYmKWSJLfh7RmMFGye0EZobfe+IW/MihkQzzeHZ1 0ozSbzsSrIshRp/GItLaeHDjcwYmBmTYAxDrA9tEy++G/3ZG2npmk7dS6F/bjMk27bdq 7mnhpZiugpv6G0asMdDe7B7hEHVVX+iv+9ebaDlgRcGCv8VKDBAHInzOMr0GJ4E/TJUL kK4hFpB9YRAdg117fs7/m+3f07XEfC/ih73q0M11gZWR64n3EEAZo8KIhCzV/BBUlmzY Bxme7dFWQrIs7KgzizcdQzsfj5VsENncom6+OO5JDFd27o3mJaHhUbEpBk5Fzx+LQ5qn dhaQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfojbCGuY//LCKXLwbR638hbeWQADKRIVPjch1W6fSYd21M2B2SlF fveLEkw+0rm3mZbjxIWTYNbm0MuQEtNbd3VELYpqlSsd2XY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV61p8Ywdogczoroo/Cj83YL4E/m5iUVsh8apt48FsIjrxedAFqxXfA9DCMTmofqHgy7dpb//Z3Z17jGr3Zh7+qE= X-Received: by 2002:a02:b804:: with SMTP id o4-v6mr3502035jam.12.1538626937344; Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:22:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Kevin Bowling Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:22:22 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: IBM POWER 720 (POWER 7) To: kazuok@projectkitsune.com Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 04:22:18 -0000 In terms of hardware this is a port called 'pseries'. Give the CD image a try, it may just work depending on what storage controller you are using. Regards, Kevin On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 8:18 PM Kazuo Kuroi wrot= e: > > Greetings, > > I=E2=80=99ve a working POWER 7 box over here I=E2=80=99d like to either t= ry running FreeBSD on bare metal or in an LPAR. Does anyone have any experi= ence doing this and can suggest some tips? I=E2=80=99m aware this platform = is neglected with these kinds of machines, and I=E2=80=99d like to change t= hat. If I can get it warning, by all means unless I sell it I=E2=80=99d lik= e to have developers who want access to it be allowed in - It isn=E2=80=99t= a Talos, but it=E2=80=99s what I could get for free! > > P.S. I=E2=80=99ve signed up for the list but have not gotten confirmation= yet, so to ensure I get this please CC me if you are responding to this! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"