From nobody Tue Nov 15 12:37:34 2022 X-Original-To: ppc@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NBQgW5t20z4d7w3 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:37:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luciano@vespaperitivo.it) Received: from baobab.bilink.net (baobab.bilink.net [212.45.144.44]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NBQgV715Sz4NXh for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luciano@vespaperitivo.it) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of luciano@vespaperitivo.it designates 212.45.144.44 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=luciano@vespaperitivo.it; dmarc=none Received: from baobab.bilink.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by baobab.bilink.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NBQgM0cznz1ftWt for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:37:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from hermes.mcs.it (hermes.mcs.it [192.168.132.21]) by baobab.bilink.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NBQgM0Gs3z1ftWl for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:37:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from mordeus.mcs.it (mordeus.mcs.it [192.168.45.6]) by hermes.mcs.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC9064E61BA for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:37:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:37:34 +0100 From: Luciano Mannucci To: ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Loader: OFW network booting support In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.19.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.3) X-Face: 4qPv4GNcD;h<7Q/sK>+GqF4=CR@KmnPkSmwd+#%\F`4yjKO3"C]p'z=(oWRnsYBQGM\5g:4skqQY0NnV'dM:Mm:^/_+I@a";[-s=ogufdF"9ggQ'=y List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ppc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <4NBQgM0Gs3z1ftWl@baobab.bilink.it> X-Virus-Scanned: PippoLillo, ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.57 / 15.00]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.87)[0.875]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:212.45.144.0/24]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[ppc@freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[vespaperitivo.it]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8816, ipnet:212.45.128.0/19, country:IT]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[ppc@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4NBQgV715Sz4NXh X-Spamd-Bar: / X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:34:25 -0700 Warner Losh wrote: > These days, the only OpenFirmware machines are really old Mac G4 and G5 > machines. Nothing else can use it (it used to be shared with sparc64 > machines). Well, I have a bunch of freebsd machines running under KVM/Qemu on IBM P-Series ppc64 power8 machines and they use OpenFirmware. I don't know if netbooting a Virtual Machine makes sense... Luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 02485781 FAX: +39 0248028247 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster@sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.lesassaie.IT/