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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>
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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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