Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:59:49 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Marc_L=F6rner=22?= <loerner@gmx.de> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@me.com> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: Message-ID: <20100707145949.234050@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <F6CCD863-A82A-4A6A-AFA2-893FCA208B77@me.com> References: <20100706121538.193960@gmx.net> <F6CCD863-A82A-4A6A-AFA2-893FCA208B77@me.com>
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-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:18:14 -0700 > Von: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@me.com> > An: "Marc Lörner" <loerner@gmx.de> > CC: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org > Betreff: Re: > > On Jul 6, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Marc Lörner wrote: > > > Hello list, Marcel! > > As I already told you my company has bought an SGI-atlix 450. > > As this testsystem is now not used anymore by anyone in the foreseeable > future, I got the admission to try FreeBSD on it. > > > > So what can I do to help bringing/running FreeBSD on this machine? > > What are the first steps to take, because I can vaguely remember that > install won't work out of the box from the released CD-images? > > > > @Marcel: Have you made some progress on FreeBSD, Numa and your Altix? > > Yes, somewhat. The major blocker is a lack of interrupt support, > because the Altix doesn't have SAPICs. But before I can work on > interrupt support I need a driver that doesn't fail to allocate > DMA memory. This may need support for the I/O MMU. If so, that > I/O MMU support is the first blocker to resolve. > > Other than that, FreeBSD boots with the changes (and kluges) I > have on the altix branch. > > If you want to see if and how well FreeBSD boots on the 450, you > need to checkout svn+ssh://svn.freebsd.org/base/projects/altix, > build a kernel using the ALTIX configuration and boot that under > EFI. You also need to build a loader from that branch, because > the standard loader won't work. Devices won't attach, but you > should find all hardware and be asked for the root mount point. > Thanks Marcel for describing the momentarily state of work done for supporting altix. In the next few days I will give your code a try! Regards, Marc Loerner -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01
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