From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 20 05:32:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9945106566B; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:32:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 910238FC1B; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:32:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbun3 with SMTP id un3so455469obb.13 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:32:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=o96PYr99ii8PKfZgryJsyB7OwZhdl6yDFzBpj+BIgmo=; b=PK6UA464voy+7DmwOZ/0B25oh2j8lu6xJ0I81BY9tGEj5++bKMyF2idXnTDz4bded6 uP3DFVya7jvKDAqVunbYd9DLuYUeNadyPO0lULNQLBELF01XC0KAm8HSKUYqEzzDU3oL HWOJdxRMhvaCXBeCeX/kcUxUw904dLfDPEn20AYXtb/q/ECLzJn1oKK5+blZck0WyYwN 8mrTY1dbEHCIINTLy7eVl5RguWtsgIzvAdsMV8OIT1EVeCeqck/zIEdwDPgO84W9iyIk uFp1S3oyGzq8kaXNt3HxzsIpaXxbbWsiASseg7vgAIBQHdE6z1UpPJ0Lyf7rBcZfaGN0 Z6dg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.24.165 with SMTP id v5mr22519435oef.67.1340170377185; Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:32:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.98.77 with HTTP; Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:32:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4FE0D080.6020802@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:32:57 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Scott Long Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Adrian Chadd , Current FreeBSD , "O. Hartmann" , freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel XEON Phi: Linux only? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:32:58 -0000 On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Scott Long wrote: > On Jun 19, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> I bet the answer is something like "Get FreeBSD up on it or work with >> someone who can help you do that." >> >> It's a catch-22 just like GPU - unless ${COMPANY} has customers using >> it, they're not likely to dedicate resources, and no users will use it >> if it doesn't work, so .. who will break the cycle. :) > > If I may be blunt here, there's no point in idle speculation when there a= re several FreeBSD committers who work for Intel and write Intel drivers fo= r FreeBSD. =A0Let's ask them! +1! -Garrett