Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:55:27 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: "Gennady G. Marchenko" <gennady.marchenko@itv.ru> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it able to boot freebsd9 ppc on IBM system p5+? Message-ID: <046EE17B-AFB0-4BD0-8E57-F5A5D6B803FF@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4CBD8DE0.9020803@itv.ru> References: <4CBD8DE0.9020803@itv.ru>
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On Oct 19, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Gennady G. Marchenko wrote: > Hi! > > We have "system p5 520" (http://developer.novell.com/yes/86385.htm) > system, and I found information there that FreeBSD9-Current now > support Power5-64. > > So could we boot our System p5 520 with it? At present, no: the PCI controller is currently unsupported due to historical lack of access to hardware. Andreas Tobler is currently working on a port to a similar machine, if you are willing to wait a little while. It might also help if you were willing to provide remote access to the HMC for a few weeks to a month. -Nathan
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