From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Mon Jan 21 22:06:36 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A4A1481959 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:06:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcel@brickporch.com) Received: from mail.brickporch.com (mail.brickporch.com [52.33.181.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 028F084E9A for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:06:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcel@brickporch.com) Received: from [10.230.54.146] (unknown [99.96.55.41]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.brickporch.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3B1F284A1B for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:06:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Marcel Flores Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.2 \(3445.102.3\)) Subject: Re: ThunderX2 from Gigabyte Message-Id: <16CF392D-84F9-4FB4-8926-B7496222F29A@brickporch.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:06:26 -0800 To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.102.3) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 028F084E9A X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of marcel@brickporch.com designates 52.33.181.202 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=marcel@brickporch.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.39 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FAKE_REPLY(1.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-arm@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[brickporch.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mail.brickporch.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.92)[-0.916,0]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.96)[-0.960,0]; IP_SCORE(-0.80)[ipnet: 52.32.0.0/14(-2.70), asn: 16509(-1.25), country: US(-0.08)]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16509, ipnet:52.32.0.0/14, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:06:36 -0000 > On Jan 21, 2019, at 1:58 PM, Russell Haley = wrote: >=20 > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 1:51 PM Shawn Webb = > wrote: >=20 >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:44:23PM +0100, Kurt Jaeger wrote: >>> Hi! >>>=20 >>>> is there any experience with running FreeBSD on >>>> https://b2b.gigabyte.com/ARM-Server/R181-T92-rev-100#ov >>>=20 >>> I've eyed that board as well, but did not hear any sucess stories. >>=20 >> Work is ongoing to get FreeBSD working on the ThunderX2. I'm working >> with FreeBSD's/Cavium's Jayachandran to resolve some firmware bugs. >> We're getting pretty close, but still have a few issues to work out. >> I'm really hoping to have FreeBSD and/or HardenedBSD running on ours >> within the next month or two. >>=20 > What manufacturer are you using for your prototype hardware? I'm = trying to > discern if there are hardware differences between the aforementioned > Gigabyte server and - for instance - the ASA computers offer: > https://www.asacomputers.com/Cavium-ThunderX.html The ThunderX2 is supposedly a significant improvement over (and = therefore significant change from) the ThunderX which you=E2=80=99ve = linked from ASA =E2=80=94 though both chips are from Cavium with boards = from Gigabyte. The ThunderX seems to run FreeBSD11.2 with no issue, though I surely = can=E2=80=99t get mine to boot 12+. -m=