Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:07:57 +1300 From: Andras Lipoth <andras.lipoth@gmail.com> To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Status Message-ID: <a8ae92820903151907n10bc986fqdc99f73dd0b516eb@mail.gmail.com>
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>>> Are there any plans to revive support for this platform?? >> >> I was hoping to work on it and started reading up. =A0Unfortunately, >> Real Life got in the way and I have made very little progress. >> >> At this stage, until/unless I get a driver working for at least the >> virtual network (and preferably virtual disk as well), I can't make >> any further progress. =A0Whilst there are both Linux and OpenSolaris >> vnet drivers, both rely on a substantial amount of infrastructure that >> doesn't currently exist in FreeBSD (and needs non-trivial effort to >> port). >> > > Mark Kettenis has done some awesome work on this already. > http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=3Darticle&sid=3D20090201164147&mode=3Dexpa= nded > Would it be a major effort to port the vnet and vdsk drivers to FreeBSD? Andras
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