Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 10:34:35 -0800 From: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> To: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ThunderX2 support in FreeBSD/arm64 Message-ID: <CABx9NuTfCbQCBuBzxsa=CDS7TEKV0NZDqqmtGom-4KXE5LKyyA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20181221200257.eth3xbnxhpsilbji@mutt-hbsd> References: <CA%2B7sy7BWtSi5uDgusf-sEHd06EGXwnUxo9cr8A9gLh1L_YJoXw@mail.gmail.com> <20181221195054.GA84895@home.opsec.eu> <20181221200257.eth3xbnxhpsilbji@mutt-hbsd>
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 12:07 PM Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 08:50:54PM +0100, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > > Hi! > > > > > 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). > > > > > > 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. > > > > Can you tell suggest possible systems/supplier to choose for a port > > builder box ? > > > > 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: > I emailed Phoenics Electronics and received an email from Steve Wilson. He pointed me to these little beauties: https://www.asacomputers.com/Cavium-ThunderX.html Now I just have to convince my boss or my other boss (wife) to let me buy one... I did notice that these ASA Computer units only use the ThunderX and the ThunderX_CP processors. Some of the other ThunderX processors have PCIe and other goodies such as this one: https://www.marvell.com/server-processors/thunderx-arm-processors/thunderx-nt/ Contact Info For Steve: Steve Wilson <steve@phoenicselectronics.com> Director, Phoenics Tech Center 31 Nagog Pk, Acton MA 01720 978 856 0111 617 594 9603 c skype: stevenjwilson9603 > > 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, > > -- > Shawn Webb > Cofounder and Security Engineer > HardenedBSD > > Tor-ified Signal: +1 443-546-8752 > Tor+XMPP+OTR: lattera@is.a.hacker.sx > GPG Key ID: 0x6A84658F52456EEE > GPG Key Fingerprint: 2ABA B6BD EF6A F486 BE89 3D9E 6A84 658F 5245 6EEE >
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