From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 18 17:29:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 847A3106566B for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:29:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout024.mac.com (asmtpout024.mac.com [17.148.16.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 729448FC08 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:29:00 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Received: from macbook-pro.jnpr.net (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp024.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KUU00HEGZ7MAC00@asmtp024.mac.com> for freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:28:34 -0800 (PST) From: Marcel Moolenaar X-Priority: 3 In-reply-to: <20091218093710.164940@gmx.net> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:28:34 -0800 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: <5C11E5E8-816E-4789-88FB-D4DB3E260B2C@mac.com> References: <20091218093710.164940@gmx.net> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Marc_L=F6rner?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SGI Altix 450 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:29:00 -0000 On Dec 18, 2009, at 1:37 AM, Marc L=F6rner wrote: > Hello, > I have an SGI Altix 450 NUMA system here and I'd like to=20 > run FreeBSD on it. > So my first question has anyone done this right now? I'm not aware of that. > I already found wiki-page wiki.freebsd.org/ia64/BootLoader where > changes/thoughts of BootLoader for NUMA support are described! > So my next question is:Is there some work being done for FreeBSD=20 > running on NUMA systems? If yes, what is the status of this work? No real work, and the loader changes haven't been done either due to lack of "need". > As I don't have time left this year, I will try to run > BSD on my box next year and let you here about success=20 > or failures. It'll fail hard. The SGI machines typically don't have physical memory in the first 1GB, which we assume. We load the kernel at a fixed physical address and that's the first thing we need to change. --=20 Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com