Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:23:14 -0500 From: Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: opteron a1100 arm Message-ID: <52F27382.1030505@pix.net> In-Reply-To: <62389.1391587262@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401311911120.2427@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1391538649.19169.79261269.3C5F49D1@webmail.messagingengine.com> <CAFU734xXWyc_TqBJ7e4MhD2nB01BAejR_1vT9%2B_5Ar5mJncncA@mail.gmail.com> <493DEB39-C4B4-409E-B8B2-B1B11E013754@netgate.com> <20140204223528.GF23872@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <52F16BA4.4060202@pathscale.com> <60985.1391554164@critter.freebsd.dk> <52F179C6.2050400@freebsd.org> <62389.1391587262@critter.freebsd.dk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 2/5/14 3:01 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <52F179C6.2050400@freebsd.org>, Nathan Whitehorn writes: > >> This AMD platform has UEFI and ACPI, so that's at least 2 out of 4... > > Ahh crap! > It's actually more than that. The AMD64 platform has been called out for a much greater deal of standardization than the multitude of different options in the various existing ARM SoC boards. The phrase you want to search for is: ARM Server Base System Architecture Of course, the reference doc: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.den0029/index.html Is only available to registered ARM customers. But, my understanding is that UEFI is the only boot option, ACPI is the power management system, the USB2 controllers must support EHCI 1.1, the USB3 controllers must support XHCI 1.0 and all SATA controllers must support AHCI 1.3. They're attempting to drive the platform to a more standardized set of components and boot methods (and hypervisor support) so that if your software works on vendor A's SBSA board, it should also work on vendor B's SBSA board. -Kurt
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?52F27382.1030505>