From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Oct 9 22:00:12 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 684D4E3D346; Mon, 9 Oct 2017 22:00:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grarpamp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x235.google.com (mail-vk0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24757819EB; Mon, 9 Oct 2017 22:00:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grarpamp@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x235.google.com with SMTP id q80so1491585vka.7; Mon, 09 Oct 2017 15:00:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=IAuxZTrA0qDAUpr1dmoTt4nLPnweB+JcAe6cqfN5C50=; b=hocv10mrtBgAHMGV2/2I0gg5JsPoMcy2vnMr31cQ3j0ZZ0NJHBGb9O0AZCYZ4mevJr kjahJma3PUSAsJUcD/+/x85xsiQdXBmk3wHec6t3NgZ2GvpV2CCQx2RS5geyfCfpZpou TChnzLJdOADP02MS/90JUmYZg2Wy+UINT4Z5dunI9fs6HkdDvU5Q/9FCNekDNSNqzOJZ mAHnDtBqu7ftq3lXQy4YHdoFOls4P/FDo5b8o09I6C0Pyhq947nzPtz3wJmrajjQaizj rdY3XdEEyQ6Mpd2hvFcvCj2GeM3ABqAFjc28EDPdwWtYv1xT2V0xqje8zncJ1jUXuVuu 1vxw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=IAuxZTrA0qDAUpr1dmoTt4nLPnweB+JcAe6cqfN5C50=; b=dQuv2ua4s0MwwWZ2VcfXWFsvJ7Av7Uyi/JAtamUeHQQZnhO3ZeOhcw0bT2m0gh+deP DbMhuSyBeMdmtF3KrRuyQz37UpgKzTCwC+30H67LTT7NLqJMWJYA4Zj9ElwemP6rArLy d7LxFg2uD1maPt9XXfX8gz9DChi2fsoEtMV82bdSLm7YCLSi2bkfq0njrnZA5fDfK8F/ pVekQ9F+QKj4BscG4JmFzHSfULR7o2G7zNwlk5tjhcVqJO53uOuW4Qr9R5FqKeUa9K1/ nwQ3cy2dQ1cM/VtsjQcuwS6h/I9d2WsFjjYPoeFjdR+fLzVergD35MU2pFl2AHRMXHPt cEQA== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaXHaS/Xkj671DtrSSoqBfG7Xt+q0yRekhQKMnCH9VytDbR4n9S0 w05Ps9QWCHjN+IL2KsXjvUlf2MmrR1idV1OYXIrrCQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QD9kItVVQtRs1ptJK/wwl9p1HoJHByK4fRl4h4lkAQIDbNWlWUmCalz5OG7qPXuGYkQhZR3PjaMLTjgQQibZ5w= X-Received: by 10.31.166.66 with SMTP id p63mr5217131vke.42.1507586410764; Mon, 09 Oct 2017 15:00:10 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.159.50.129 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Oct 2017 14:59:30 -0700 (PDT) From: grarpamp Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:59:30 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Power9 Inexpensive Development Testbed To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, info@freebsdfoundation.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 22:00:12 -0000 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.