From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 22 21:01:10 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37130DD5 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:01:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B3B8EF for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UJ95D-00013S-Eh; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:01:03 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UJ95A-00001e-Qc; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:01:01 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r2ML10iV085021; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:01:00 GMT (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r2ML10v7085020; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:01:00 GMT (envelope-from mexas) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:01:00 GMT From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201303222101.r2ML10v7085020@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org, kevin@your.org Subject: Re: HP rx8620 - ia64 packages. In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:01:10 -0000 From: Kevin Day Subject: HP rx8620 - ia64 packages. Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:37:39 -0500 To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Hey, ia64 guys! I'm in the process of bringing up a few HP RX8620 systems. Has anyone tried FreeBSD on one of these bigger boxes with partitioning enabled? Does it work as I'd expect it to? One of the things I'm going to try to do is start building ia64 packages for one of our customers - is there a desire for unofficial ia64 packages being built regularly? Are there any estimates of how many ia64 users there are now? -- Kevin welcome! I only have rx26xx boxes. I don't know about partitioning. Regarding the packages, I have a desire for an official package built to be set up again. But somebody will have to step up to do the job. Mark Linimon (I don't know if you are familiar with FreeBSD/ia64 or new, so you might know this already) was instrumental in making it work, but he recently stepped down from whatever ports position he held. Not sure if the new person is willing to help with ia64 portscluster. Last time, about 6-9 months ago, we managed to build >15k ports. I also keep a page on browsers on ia64: http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/freebsd/ia64/browsers.html Regarding the users - I was told repeatedly that I account for the majority of FreeBSD/ia64 user base. Anyway, stay in touch Anton