From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 23 06:53:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04471065671; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:53:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D0AB8FC08; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:53:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m7N6pSNC087402; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:28 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:52:00 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20080823.005200.-335188553.imp@bsdimp.com> To: gahr@FreeBSD.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <48AEEE3C.7030006@FreeBSD.org> References: <136a340a0808220719t3a170786s7fd4bcb662d0b981@mail.gmail.com> <48AED560.8010001@FreeBSD.org> <48AEEE3C.7030006@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sun4v@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, kmacy@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, kris@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-sun4v@FreeBSD.org, nkalev@gmail.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sun4v arch X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:53:16 -0000 In message: <48AEEE3C.7030006@FreeBSD.org> Pietro Cerutti writes: : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : Hash: SHA512 : : Kris Kennaway wrote: : | Just so everyone is on the same page, what is needed to keep sun4v : | viable are people with experience with (or intention to learn about) low : | level architectural and implementation details of the FreeBSD kernel and : | the sun4v hardware platform, who know their way around things like : | pmap.c and other MD places where the kernel interfaces with the "bare : | metal", and who are willing to make a long term (multi-year) commitment : | to supporting the platform. : : If we had docs... There's a bunch of sun4v docs available. See http://www.sun.com/processors/documentation.html for example. Warner