Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:59:30 -0400 From: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, info@freebsdfoundation.org Subject: Power9 Inexpensive Development Testbed Message-ID: <CAD2Ti2_kLWPQ4z5uPfc-YmbZYjYaKzqLHMOMaR%2B5Ku7mk1wR%2Bw@mail.gmail.com>
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With Power8 aging and Power9 shipping... Consider picking up a couple of these to support the development of getting FreeBSD going on the bare iron without hypervisor. FreeBSD being a member already, good support for this effort should be available from the OpenPOWER Foundation / IBM. They seem to want to make Power9 and beyond happen in a big way. Linux also has support for Power9. A barebones selfbuilt machine for the dev cluster would cost about $3200-$3500, and/or donation could be solicited from OpenPOWER Foundation. https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/ https://raptorcs.com/content/base/faq.html https://github.com/open-power https://github.com/openbmc https://wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9 https://www.nextplatform.com/?s=power9 https://openpowerfoundation.org/ Just an FYI for those unfamiliar, including potential users. This thread could be updated to list other Power9 hardware sources as they become known by the FreeBSD community.
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