Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 10:38:57 -0800 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org, unigaia@fastmail.jp Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the Talos II; OpenPOWER in general Message-ID: <63b1530f-bd2d-99b8-8aed-69cc753c75b8@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <f4317b3e-bc89-1e66-6a7a-15b37cbafc79@fastmail.jp> References: <f4317b3e-bc89-1e66-6a7a-15b37cbafc79@fastmail.jp>
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FreeBSD runs today, with or without graphics, on the Talos II and is the subject of very active work by a number of developers, so the support is rapidly improving. -Nathan On 1/19/19 3:06 AM, Uni Gaia wrote: > I could not determine clearly from > https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/POWER9 whether FreeBSD works today as > a server or desktop operating system for this hardware. > > It seems clear that OpenPOWER, with its entirely open architecture & > firmware, including OpenBMC, is the way forward. > > I was wondering if this is a perception shared by the FreeBSD > developers? Is there interest and/or focused effort in bringing > OpenPOWER all the way up to Tier-1 status? > > IMO this has been the most exciting hardware development in recent > years, and a great leap forward towards truly free computing. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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