From owner-freebsd-sun4v@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 30 08:57:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67633106567B for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:57:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A864F8FC13; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:57:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <48B90B68.80802@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:57:12 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Jeremy References: <20080830082702.GL86609@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20080830082702.GL86609@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sun4v status X-BeenThere: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the sun4v List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:57:16 -0000 Peter Jeremy wrote: > I'm trying to get up to speed with sun4v. Some questions: > 1) Is there a more recent snapshot than 7.0-20061112-SNAP-sun4v-disc1.iso I don't know if there is a newer ISO image. You can cross-build a world and install that though, if you can get it on there (netboot, live CD, etc). > 2) Other than the pmap issues (missing TLB shootdowns) what are the > critical issues that need to be addressed? There might be (probably are) others but it's hard to say until the system is minimally usable. > 3) What state is the virtual network driver in? I've seen several > suggestions that it was being worked on but can't find it in the > CVS repo. I suspect only Kip knows about this. Kris