From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Tue Jun 13 17:58:39 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A96BFADFA for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.bowling@kev009.com) Received: from mail-ot0-x235.google.com (mail-ot0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c0f::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8076BE29 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.bowling@kev009.com) Received: by mail-ot0-x235.google.com with SMTP id r67so108919ota.1 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:58:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kev009.com; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=idAMZBo2ATgNjJrwTmrn9bb9HCREOkBPfgwjNJ5/r6A=; b=mf/qCtLvypz3zJgQmMAiUVEFql4Q9Aw4PMQI/oDBIxd4cOLDQ/WYLHwz9cZrIvrUzr AdTqMTADrWtTXaIYeGtovweKH18w6SPV6R0uMCS2IsREMYBEnk/FEDsNH4ZFt8qcI16O CxxOPnyhO/skXrsHH3v0OWkdoLNx61G1pVi1Q= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=idAMZBo2ATgNjJrwTmrn9bb9HCREOkBPfgwjNJ5/r6A=; b=eK8xCicqqRdHJ0adCf6ZuAd7NcjxAm79m3StT8gjiBgR7sdogkMtcrafGU52XXk0WF PQllBEh+RyXRyL8ojLVoVaGuJKb/2eJ8lSXgmOKxMrTAyyhMli7VGoHKIKQNJe17eqLd S6+JCb/j/CefoF5fo11STDNGThlMgJmwO3PX9+lyuZlhhMWQYyf0OsJFAjZ2huGLCtMH SWoqDAxMzFVTxHZtO6PA44sNjow3xlnHwNrvcoXlGNv24JfmS1MagAKtqHAugwqIhxo1 jCqV9SwII/gh7XOa/PAAjhAbnnSmwzZj9GcsV4INJRm8Zo6i8ILoS5E+WIilsv590aVd rt5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOwcDPHjwcFXsV5Qmv9NvzDolQ3R9ZNn7cwT67sWm6btQCfRv+OO xFpj6HjeW8vDMFS1FaUP3J8vkohm0am3 X-Received: by 10.157.23.195 with SMTP id j61mr809550otj.37.1497376718788; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:58:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.157.33.77 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:58:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <286a460c-e51f-d5d2-d475-67163729bb38@freebsd.org> References: <541DD61B-2613-47EC-95DA-7B28438211E9@dsl-only.net> <3wmg6v4w0Tz1cXKx@baobab.bilink.it> <286a460c-e51f-d5d2-d475-67163729bb38@freebsd.org> From: Kevin Bowling Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:58:38 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD on OPENPOWER To: Nathan Whitehorn Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:58:39 -0000 The IBM team in Austrailia that does most of the firmware and bootloader stuff is in #ppc64 on Freenode if that can help. On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > > On 06/12/17 10:36, Luciano Mannucci wrote: > >> On Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:18:20 -0700 >> Mark Millard wrote: >> >> There was: >>> http://freebsd-bugs.freebsd.narkive.com/xZOoCt9C/bug-210106- >>> current-won-t-boot-on-ppc64-power8-under-ibm-kvm >>> about "[Bug 210106] Current won't boot on PPC64 Power8 under IBM KVM" >>> and its >>> fix. I'll note list the material here. >>> >>> I'll stop searching with that. I do not know >>> current details. I've never had access to such >>> hardware. >>> >> Well my Power8 runs now FreeBSD under IBM KVM and seems in good form. >> There are minor glitches that might be worth a glimpse (because of >> "sparse CPU allocation", some software [like htop] gets confused on >> which CPU it is running on), though the systems seem quite usable. >> >> I haven't tried to install FreeBSD on bare metal... >> >> Luciano. >> > We aren't *quite* at the point that bare metal works. There is a branch > that boots in the simulator and nearly boots on hardware but I haven't been > able to get around some unclearable faults generated by the PCI host bridge > during PCI enumeration on real hardware. Especially for someone familiar > with this hardware, or access to data sheets, it should be < 1 week of work > to finish the port. Without that, I am currently stuck, however. > -Nathan > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >