Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:18:55 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on OPENPOWER Message-ID: <286a460c-e51f-d5d2-d475-67163729bb38@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3wmg6v4w0Tz1cXKx@baobab.bilink.it> References: <fb1cf2ce-740d-f829-3508-f4091c78e965@peercorpstrust.org> <CAK7dMtC03LLohjybsYydkYA4=zQYUOWpOj7fw%2BmQkpQE2RGWOg@mail.gmail.com> <d2266fb6-5407-d246-6054-06d2e23dd134@peercorpstrust.org> <541DD61B-2613-47EC-95DA-7B28438211E9@dsl-only.net> <3wmg6v4w0Tz1cXKx@baobab.bilink.it>
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On 06/12/17 10:36, Luciano Mannucci wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:18:20 -0700 > Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> wrote: > >> There was: >> http://freebsd-bugs.freebsd.narkive.com/xZOoCt9C/bug-210106-current-won-t-boot-on-ppc64-power8-under-ibm-kvm >> about "[Bug 210106] Current won't boot on PPC64 Power8 under IBM KVM" and its >> fix. I'll note list the material here. >> >> I'll stop searching with that. I do not know >> current details. I've never had access to such >> hardware. > Well my Power8 runs now FreeBSD under IBM KVM and seems in good form. > There are minor glitches that might be worth a glimpse (because of > "sparse CPU allocation", some software [like htop] gets confused on > which CPU it is running on), though the systems seem quite usable. > > I haven't tried to install FreeBSD on bare metal... > > Luciano. We aren't *quite* at the point that bare metal works. There is a branch that boots in the simulator and nearly boots on hardware but I haven't been able to get around some unclearable faults generated by the PCI host bridge during PCI enumeration on real hardware. Especially for someone familiar with this hardware, or access to data sheets, it should be < 1 week of work to finish the port. Without that, I am currently stuck, however. -Nathan
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