Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:06:04 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>, tinkr@openmailbox.org Subject: Re: What is the status of POWER8 and POWER7 in FreeBSD now, are they ready for production use? Message-ID: <56F812FC.1080509@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOsqtdFv-dk=a-GYCgrBhMq%2Bn%2BwqKfSBTMXqau%2BR8Q_z4A@mail.gmail.com> References: <2dd8c5f8f42f7574b3f513ed8608840c@openmailbox.org> <56F59C51.3020405@freebsd.org> <CA%2BWntOsqtdFv-dk=a-GYCgrBhMq%2Bn%2BwqKfSBTMXqau%2BR8Q_z4A@mail.gmail.com>
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We boot multiuser without problems in the simulator. There are some remaining issues involving the bootloader that need to be resolved for real hardware. -Nathan On 03/26/16 19:46, Joe Nosay wrote: > When will bare metal access be ready? > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Nathan Whitehorn > <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org <mailto:nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>> wrote: > > They are ready for production use if you are running under > PowerKVM. We have specifically tested on the Tyan system. I don't > know specifically about that Power7 system, but I have run on > other POWER7 without problems and would expect the same here. > > PowerVM should also work if you use VIOS for storage, but has > received much less tasting. > -Nathan > > On 02/28/16 09:22, Tinker wrote: > > Hi! > > What is the status of IBM POWER8 and POWER7 support in FreeBSD > now, are they ready for production use? > > POWER8 would be Tyan BP012 > http://www.tyan.com/solutions/tyan_openpower_system.html . > > POWER7 would be IBM "P730" Power7 730 Express. > > Thanks, > Tinker > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> > mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > >
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