From owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Fri Jul 31 02:02:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@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 BB98E9AE9FC for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 02:02:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from agh@fastmail.fm) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86513DEA for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 02:02:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from agh@fastmail.fm) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6186E20359; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:02:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:02:30 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.fm; h=cc :content-type:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=IPYij IDz63c1+LYi1JlaGylCda0=; b=HQEiIVU2izAE7G/NIzxnv44uHD6zMnP2i4uHN UEJ8f70NM5DjZjOCHDKOrmx7sqsmdgbDzABoBnMNBghtdwVvQkrKYYud0km4j2t3 6BL+0B2cydP6ycNj2aJ/+Mm6S876okOdBWokd1ddz2GHWujrE80xxApBlJctwitT mvl2zI= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=IPYijIDz63c1+LYi1JlaGylCda0=; b=TKqca N2eYIGA1UKOpXLGWI1e/AdVM5mISeU6FLoQP5JZJ3T34F9MOLiPK5Dx7gnGFVUfA AErwFcsmKVaBftfWySl7lcmTtxzM71I9osD4TfpwapST/qbPzAm5DUIh0fM7bZF2 KwXW58C3RGPgtOqo2QiRlxI7a1RpmKUjkMGagk= X-Sasl-enc: 6W964pvi/361DUN1c+SVc3gUFZYHUTCv++QojbnohvzR 1438308149 Received: from kropotkin.auxio (aux.io [223.252.30.161]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 363AD68008C; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:02:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:02:26 +0800 From: Alastair Hogge To: alexmcwhirter@triadic.us Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking to help with the sparc64 port. Message-ID: <20150731020226.GA5060@kropotkin.auxio> References: <2c907ea18ad5daf1d8ca37bf61019e35@triadic.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2c907ea18ad5daf1d8ca37bf61019e35@triadic.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 02:02:32 -0000 On 2015-07-30 Thu 13:09:56 -0400 alexmcwhirter@triadic.us, wrote: > Hey Guys, Hi, [removed] > Secondly i want to work on porting sun4v from OpenBSD to FreeBSD. > OpenBSD has nearly every aspect of sun4v operational, but lacks critical > features for us like ZFS and Jails. From the digging I've done on sun4v, > the instruction set is identical to sun4u as in they both use sparcv9. > The differences come in the boot process (which may require a completely > different boot loader or at least a major redesign) and in the hardware > drivers, specifically the virtual drivers used in ldoms. We would also > need a utility to push ldom configuration to the LOM/OBP of the system. > I realize that there is a separate mailing list for sun4v, which I've > also subscribed to. I just wanted to verify with anyone else here > whether they were currently working on either of these two portions of > the project. I figure if anyone is currently working on either of these > two issues we could collaborate and not have to reinvent the wheel. There was some interest in reviving the sun4v port recently: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2015-April/009570.html Cheers al -- "One Architecture, One OS" also translates as "One Egg, One Basket".