From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 12 00:49:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 736671065673 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:49:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ambrosehua@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com (mail-wi0-f170.google.com [209.85.212.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 072E78FC08 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:49:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhq12 with SMTP id hq12so5077647wib.1 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:48:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=vSKFYBCUSou/0SiICRyAydyuNIsG65HOT6vapHP3VJc=; b=xC7wOv7Xz6238lQlgI+RYvIyOQHnE6Wh++QujC4Lb6VcoT76Ll3zygGiIItoV400po s5c7ZkS1XR1rwRgwMudk2RFAh5DlL12+cPgYg1v3IrRblYTe1kjZ2726Frcmvd8cPtWA or7fXzUZh3u5AmWuOYiEPSX0BTBTUxUuJHUbmUUF8xLUrCg04IuAlSH4IR7OOO1lEONG AexenOQu4l5DpzFTm1ql4GDzgjIQ2S9G47BfY89g5OgIcunRv6YfGVdSbg7Gq8X+zBMe fn9DkuXS0ABHk7baIHOuXipB46yEGyA9IeqGxG3cU+695ZmM5x0hOFeAeZhrd9M+1+56 bPiQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.98.138 with SMTP id ei10mr51462746wib.1.1342054135053; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.144.216 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:48:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120711123136.GA32221@inbox.lv> References: <20120711123136.GA32221@inbox.lv> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:48:54 +0800 Message-ID: From: Paul Ambrose To: John Long Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to Loongson 3A (RS780e) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:49:02 -0000 2012/7/11 John Long : > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:46:22AM +0800, Paul Ambrose wrote: >> I received my Loongson 3A >> box(http://www.lemote.com/products/computer/fulong/348.html) 9 days >> ago. It has Loongson 3A processor, 4 cores at 900Mhz( 64KB L1D + 64KB >> L1I per-core and 4MB L2 cache shared?? , MIPS64r2 with GS64 SIMD >> extension and pre-installed with a RHEL6-derived distribution. The >> hardware configuration is here: > > Nice, this is the first I have heard that the 3A is actually in anyone's hands. > >> I did some test and some research, it seems stable, so I want to port >> FreeBSD to this box. > > I have not seen that FreeBSD supports Loongson generally. Are you > talking about a one-off for the 3A or are you talking about a port to > all Loongson-based hardware? > > -- > _ > ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) Powered by Lemote Fuloong > against HTML e-mail X Loongson MIPS and OpenBSD > and proprietary / \ Mutt.org > attachments Code Blue or Go Home! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I mean one-off for 3A, because No.1, loongson 3 is for server application, and is fit for "the Power to Serve" No.2, loongson 3a is mips64r2 compatible just like XLP832 and Octeon 6330 which are already supported in FreeBSD/MIPS, and the chipset rs780e for 3a is a common hardware, we can easily porting freebsd to 3a. No.3, loongson 3a is the first cpu in Loongson 3, 3b is pin-to-pin compatible to 3a, if we got 3a brought up 3b is easy,