Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:51:52 +0000 From: Phil Scarr <phil.scarr@pm.me> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: georg@bege.email, owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 11.3 or 12.x on IBM 9115-505 Message-ID: <125FB1FB-896E-4758-BF34-A70FEE8CE627@pm.me> In-Reply-To: <20191024232308.GA23833@lonesome.com> References: <B3B54E60-55FE-4B32-814C-EB1FDD1E8B9B@pm.me> <201d5187612f43a4bc3747f22e7a6712@bege.email> <A19BBF65-9783-4BF8-B279-D3787D774D92@pm.me> <20191024232308.GA23833@lonesome.com>
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No, I get it. I only got one because I wanted to tinker with POWER but didn’t realize how odd the POWER5 was. In retrospect, more research was needed on my part. But given that I have it now, I’d sure like to get it working. I was considering offering time on it to the ppc64 team to do tests with if they’re interested. But I suppose the world has moved on. -- [Currently Reading](https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/1740012?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature) [Book Cover](https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/1740012?utm_medium=cover=&utm_source=email_signature) [Goodreads Logo](https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature) [Get your own email signature](https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_instructions?utm_medium=gyo_link&utm_source=email_signature) > On Oct 24, 2019, at 6:23 PM, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 12:11:41PM +0000, Phil Scarr via freebsd-ppc wrote: > >> I'm disappointed that TeamLinux is so much further ahead than TeamBSD >> on this, but given the relative marketshare of each team, I can't say >> I'm surprised. :-( > > It's more that there are not a lot of these machines are in private > hands, compared to the older Macs and newer IBMs and especially the > Taloses. My tests with Debian showed problems when I tried it several > years ago (just as a "does this box work" test). > > AFAIK within FreeBSD we had a maximum of 3 people with IBM Power5s. > > mclhome | help
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