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Date:      Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:05:19 -0500
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Jayachandran C." <jchandra@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ThunderX2 support in FreeBSD/arm64
Message-ID:  <20181221200257.eth3xbnxhpsilbji@mutt-hbsd>
In-Reply-To: <20181221195054.GA84895@home.opsec.eu>
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 08:50:54PM +0100, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> > Over the last few weeks I have committed changes for a few outstanding
> > items needed for ThunderX2 support in FreeBSD/arm64. Most of the
> > changes were to fix-up support for ACPI based PCI controllers and to
> > enable ACPI based NUMA (thanks to andrew, markj and jhb for reviews).
> >=20
> > With these, 13-CURRENT works well enough for testing - so if you have
> > access to a ThunderX2, I would like to hear how well it works for you.
>=20
> Can you tell suggest possible systems/supplier to choose for a port
> builder box ?
>=20
> I'm mulling over buying such a system to testbuild freebsd ports on arm64
> and look around for possible suppliers.

HardenedBSD bought theirs from Phoenics Electronics.

Status of HardenedBSD's ThunderX2:

Almost booting stock FreeBSD. I'm working with Jayachandran to resolve
the issues. It may be that my system has buggy firmware, but
Jayachandran is verifying whether that's the case.

Thanks,

--=20
Shawn Webb
Cofounder and Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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