From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 20:35:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A30821065670 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:35:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toasty@dragondata.com) Received: from tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org [204.9.54.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B458FC16 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:35:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toasty@dragondata.com) Received: from tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (localhost.your.org [127.0.0.1]) by tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 139072AD54B2 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:16:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=dragondata.com; h= message-id:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version:subject:date; s=selector1; bh=qmrFZed4UA2rzo271DB9 sFK1yzI=; b=2BQHXbjH3U4qdvAwIjSEw1R6VQvi6TwemgnYnPQNRBAUnfmrxgDk wSmPx0nftUbeTjQfOlw1eVBNofigUIoSvJ6v6lrRHTTczuNp2WvEM/a+UY5pxkiw 8eiIFruhXTW98tcNOWDzhlbC+RWukvrOaLGc4hX9jI/UEq3g1OuWxKo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=dragondata.com; h=message-id:from :to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject: date; q=dns; s=selector1; b=Djj8Upn0U+UlX+Soy0Gaul5naRIgT6HclAX0 JcJLDM4IuT/5i9N4XWmAwSBixEnPihfXBqyr/J0WP2o3FR/YV92aI292qLb/vi6N a+Ev8chUKlp5Esk8j6EQPXvDHFLPgofCtxvuVSE+PYvTcw6YvS16f+ohN0e5CDuc 7OYHyew= Received: from mail.your.org (server3-a.your.org [64.202.112.67]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DDAB62AD54A5 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:16:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [216.14.99.244] (unknown [216.14.99.244]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.your.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2AC5FA0A414 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Message-Id: From: Kevin Day To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:26:37 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Subject: 24/48 CPU Fire 6800 / 12 CPU E4500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:35:59 -0000 I'm trying to save some cosmetically damaged Sun gear from being sold as scrap. The configurations are: Sun E4500 12x400MHz CPU 12GB RAM Sun Fire 6800 24x750MHZ (or possibly 48, they can't remember) 64GB RAM They're huge, but we have space in our datacenter for them if I can match their scrap value. I'm thinking they could be very interesting for people working in SMP or scheduler developers. Non-power-of-2 number of CPUs, large number of CPUs, huge memory, etc. I'd need to match the price they'd get for spare parts / scrap metal to take them(and somehow come up with that cash), but I'm happy to provide space/power/cooling/bandwidth/remote access if any of the sparc developers would actually use this. Before I go too far down the road here, would any kernel hackers want a chance to bang on one of these? I could set up remote access. -- Kevin