From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Tue Jun 13 17:30:54 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B9B9BFA447 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:30:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from c.mail.sonic.net (c.mail.sonic.net [64.142.111.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3678384E38 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:30:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (75-101-50-44.static.sonic.net [75.101.50.44]) (authenticated bits=0) by c.mail.sonic.net (8.15.1/8.15.1) with ESMTPSA id v5DHIt7a027993 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:18:57 -0700 Subject: Re: FreeBSD on OPENPOWER To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org References: <541DD61B-2613-47EC-95DA-7B28438211E9@dsl-only.net> <3wmg6v4w0Tz1cXKx@baobab.bilink.it> From: Nathan Whitehorn Message-ID: <286a460c-e51f-d5d2-d475-67163729bb38@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:18:55 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3wmg6v4w0Tz1cXKx@baobab.bilink.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-Sonic-CAuth: UmFuZG9tSVbrKulOz7p1yyoSH+2+JxA9ajJvCDhFAYyZ7lG1nKnmAhwpHAIoqrc0BapP+BMyCsgU1utMySBpTsnJ4O2lxsj2JpDZyyt0jn0= X-Sonic-ID: C;GGYcYVxQ5xGg8izL7bdh1w== M;UkkmYlxQ5xGg8izL7bdh1w== X-Spam-Flag: No X-Sonic-Spam-Details: 0.0/5.0 by cerberusd X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:30:54 -0000 On 06/12/17 10:36, Luciano Mannucci wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:18:20 -0700 > Mark Millard wrote: > >> There was: >> http://freebsd-bugs.freebsd.narkive.com/xZOoCt9C/bug-210106-current-won-t-boot-on-ppc64-power8-under-ibm-kvm >> about "[Bug 210106] Current won't boot on PPC64 Power8 under IBM KVM" and its >> fix. I'll note list the material here. >> >> I'll stop searching with that. I do not know >> current details. I've never had access to such >> hardware. > Well my Power8 runs now FreeBSD under IBM KVM and seems in good form. > There are minor glitches that might be worth a glimpse (because of > "sparse CPU allocation", some software [like htop] gets confused on > which CPU it is running on), though the systems seem quite usable. > > I haven't tried to install FreeBSD on bare metal... > > Luciano. We aren't *quite* at the point that bare metal works. There is a branch that boots in the simulator and nearly boots on hardware but I haven't been able to get around some unclearable faults generated by the PCI host bridge during PCI enumeration on real hardware. Especially for someone familiar with this hardware, or access to data sheets, it should be < 1 week of work to finish the port. Without that, I am currently stuck, however. -Nathan