Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:33:10 +0000 From: Phil Scarr <phil.scarr@pm.me> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 11.3 or 12.x on IBM 9115-505 Message-ID: <D6C6A393-337B-4D52-A93F-EF6CCE6B5C3D@pm.me> In-Reply-To: <20191022205951.GA8910@lonesome.com> References: <B3B54E60-55FE-4B32-814C-EB1FDD1E8B9B@pm.me> <20191022205951.GA8910@lonesome.com>
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Thanks for the reply. I’ll stand up a netboot install for 11.3 and see if that works. I’ve done this with Solaris, is the process similar? rarpd / tftp / bootparams / nfs? -Phil -- [Currently Reading](https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/1740012?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature) [Book Cover](https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/1740012?utm_medium=cover=&utm_source=email_signature) [Goodreads Logo](https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature) [Get your own email signature](https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_instructions?utm_medium=gyo_link&utm_source=email_signature) > On Oct 22, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 04:04:53PM +0000, Phil Scarr via freebsd-ppc wrote: > >> Should either 11.3 or 12.1-RC2 be expected to work on an IBM POWER5+ >> system? > > 11.3 yes, 12.x I am skeptical. > > I say this as someone who has run the similar 9133s for several years. > (OTOH now that I have a Talos Blackbird they have been powered down > for > 6 months.) > > The problem with 12.x is that there are two regressions: > > - one having to do with emX interrupts crashing the machine > post-iflib-ization; > > - the other having to do with some kind of regression in > reading values out of the firmware. > > I spent a little time trying to fix the former but got nowhere; I > did not try to fix the latter. I simply stayed on 11.x. > > I have extensive notes around here ... somewhere ... if you are > determined to try to get this machine to work. IMHO the Power5 > machines are finicky beasts and it took a lot of experimenting to > get mine to boot. (I never did get from-disk booting correct; > FreeBSD does not have a driver for the on-board SCSI driver, and > attempts to use 3rd-party SCSI or SATA cards were pretty miserable.) > > As for the CD/DVD, I don't think I ever got them to work. I don't > remember exactly. Even at the end I was running everything over > NFS. > > At one time, I was building packages for 11.x with one or the other > of these machines; but, those haven't been updated for over a year > now (and, my webserver is down). So, you would have to build your > own packages (or contribute to funding my electricity bill :-) ) > But at the time I don't recall too many 11-specific problems. > > The developer focus has shifted to P8/P9 machines, on 12.x but > especially on -CURRENT. > > mclhome | help
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