From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 22:10:33 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D1049EE; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 22:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E96C67E; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 22:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t09MAX0O012845; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 22:10:33 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t09MAXj9012837; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 22:10:33 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201501092210.t09MAXj9012837@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 22:10:33 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46175 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:10:33 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Fri Jan 9 22:10:32 2015 New Revision: 46175 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46175 Log: Add report on POWER8 bringup work Approved by: hrs (mentor, blanket) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Thu Jan 8 23:25:52 2015 (r46174) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Fri Jan 9 22:10:32 2015 (r46175) @@ -1133,4 +1133,78 @@ + + FreeBSD on POWER8 + + + + + Nathan + Whitehorn + + nwhitehorn@freebsd.org + + + + Justin + Hibbits + + jhibbits@freebsd.org + + + + Adrian + Chadd + + adrian@freebsd.org + + + + + + + + + +

IBM and the OpenPOWER Foundation are pushing for a wider + software and hardware ecosystem for POWER8-based systems. + Beginning January 3, we have been doing bringup work on a Tyan + GN70-BP010 POWER8 server, a quad-core 3 GHz system with 32 hardware + threads.

+ +

The main target for the port is the PowerKVM hypervisor + provided on OpenPOWER hardware. This uses the same software + interfaces as the PowerVM hypervisor already supported on + earlier POWER hardware. The target is to have this operation mode + fully supported by &os; 10.2. &os; currently runs under the + hypervisor when using a mass storage driver other than the built-in + virtualized SCSI; the issues with the SCSI driver should be solved + shortly.

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The longer-term goal is to also operate on the bare system. + This requires interaction with the OPAL system firmware and + the development of device drivers for the on-board PCI, + console, and interrupt controller hardware. As of January 4, the + &os; kernel had printed initial messages to the console.

+ + + + &os; Foundation + + + + +

Fix virtualized SCSI driver in PowerKVM.

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Write OPAL drivers.

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Integrate loader(8) with petitboot bootloader.

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