From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 19 13:55:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1444106566C for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:55:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B53178FC0A for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:55:33 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LAJ00712IOKQN00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:55:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [10.0.2.97] ([unknown] [76.210.66.181]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LAJ007ORIOBTI00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:55:28 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:55:27 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <4CBD8DE0.9020803@itv.ru> To: "Gennady G. Marchenko" Message-id: <046EE17B-AFB0-4BD0-8E57-F5A5D6B803FF@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.66.181 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-14, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2010.10.19.134517, SenderIP=76.210.66.181 References: <4CBD8DE0.9020803@itv.ru> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it able to boot freebsd9 ppc on IBM system p5+? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:55:34 -0000 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