Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 12:47:35 -0500 From: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: What about the IBM POWER7 and POWER8 platforms, did anyone ever think about porting these to OpenBSD? Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOtJdjb-12BfR9N4ruQ0oDomuiwE9Oe=3eeDskrTRDH=Yg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <25667.1456727424@cvs.openbsd.org> References: <022bdbbe3337a338996bd649c1084a77@openmailbox.org> <25667.1456727424@cvs.openbsd.org>
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I'm doing this so that you - the OpenBSD PowerPC team - will have others to aid and assist you. There is no reason why the codebase should remain just with one. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> Date: Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:30 AM Subject: Re: What about the IBM POWER7 and POWER8 platforms, did anyone ever think about porting these to OpenBSD? To: Tinker <tinkr@openmailbox.org> Cc: ppc@openbsd.org > Reading through all docs and email archives for OpenBSD, I cannot find a > single mentioning of the IBM POWER processors, e.g., the POWER7 such as > IBM Power 720 Express [1], or the Tyan BP012 or IBM S812L which feature > Power8 [2]. > > Power8 is a BIG DEAL, or at least it should be, e.g. see > http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2413565/ibm-claims-power8-systems-beat-x86-for-performance-per-dollar > - it's faster than Xeons. > > And perhaps safer? If you send me a private mail and I'll give you addresses to get machines delivered to. I'd make a guess that 3-4 people need machines to ensure progress. Thanks for your offer.help
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