From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 27 16:12:41 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D06CD98 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:12:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f171.google.com (mail-ob0-f171.google.com [209.85.214.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD6AD196B for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by oblw8 with SMTP id w8so87190722obl.0 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:12:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=c/4ChspU/Khie6xGqKFLEMYtfOBZW/ZXIMntd3PjwzY=; b=alVD+qPjilpNMn7YjeJixfk5TJTClBFVJzJxXSZrf6zRGnRNaeDijEtdLaNSxTgEhl Q1NcfY0fPMbeJ2tQg0Py1Y2ijLwdRSlsu3awQo0gDzJy+sg8VekH8Fs6NcvaHjCcXRKJ zrSLN4mD4Im2dR/BUT5tTvlQ1cBwqoLo5tWJlhB9u02NmigUMElm0JLAOTi+lqaQZAXG 647VTwGvZSCmBLy34LnpHDJTuOIngmf1Mor4ph7i0T/tz/+6C2I+YkLgJzk5qEnOkI+6 R643+rTFIoKU7o3E6AzLMiyJCAufDG73DUOgscM9a0FbqHtZoYziw0CWqQfgPlxRk9Ne xwLg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnp5erg7HSmu4nBHqln6TjAod+zPV/cXLLxFXs6pSIU6N10n2n7DRnAtai4h//wgxMd4K03 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.173.144 with SMTP id w138mr10178733oie.100.1430151159709; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:12:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: trevis.elser@clickscape.com Received: by 10.202.56.68 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:12:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:12:39 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: T6H8A8_CSpTaiefSj5Nu13iJnsA Message-ID: Subject: Re: Volunteer To Revive Sun4v From: Trevis To: Robert Parkhurst Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:12:41 -0000 Robert, The Ultra 60 should be taken care of by the existing sparc64 port as listed on https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html The sun4v port would be for machines such as the T2000. As far as I know, there hasn't been a workstation with a sun4v processor. Though I would gladly be proven wrong on that. Best, Trevis On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Robert Parkhurst < raparkhurst@digitalxerf.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > I would love to see this and if possible, would like to help out. > > I=C2=B9ve got an Ultra 60 at home with dual UltraII 450=C2=B9s and I thin= k 768MB RAM > to work with. > > > > Thanks, > > Robert > > > > On 4/27/15, 10:50 AM, "Trevis Elser" > wrote: > > >Hi everyone. I posted a similar message on the sun4v mailing list, but > >activity there seems pretty much dead and these are related. I'd like to > >volunteer to restart the sun4v arch port. > > > >Obvious places to start seem to be: > >1) Posting on the sparc64 mailing list a similar message about > >volunteering > >to take this on. > > > >2) Digging up the old sun4v code. > > > >3) Taking a look at OpenBSD's support for sun4v, which is merged in with > >sparc64 there. So perhaps something similar, or at least a minimization = of > >code duplication from sparc64 could be achieved in FreeBSD. > > > >Any thoughts, directions, tips, encouragement, discouragement (though th= at > >would be a curiosity), or hardware to work with :) etc. etc. would be > >greatly appreciated! > > > >Thank you for the time it took to read, > > > >Trevis > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g > " > > > >