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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:19:10 -0000 On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 2:07 PM Marcel Flores wrote= : > > > On Jan 21, 2019, at 1:58 PM, Russell Haley wrote= : > > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 1:51 PM Shawn Webb > > wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:44:23PM +0100, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > >>> Hi! > >>> > >>>> is there any experience with running FreeBSD on > >>>> https://b2b.gigabyte.com/ARM-Server/R181-T92-rev-100#ov > >>> > >>> I've eyed that board as well, but did not hear any sucess stories. > >> > >> 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. > >> > > 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 AS= A =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 > Thanks for clarifying! Russ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >