From nobody Thu Dec 09 13:22:48 2021 X-Original-To: ppc@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A60B18CD0F8 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2021 13:22:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Received: from mail.oetec.com (mail.oetec.com [108.160.241.186]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.oetec.com", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4J8vq62RXpz4dSh for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2021 13:22:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) X-Spam-Status: No X-oetec-MailScanner-From: dclarke@blastwave.org X-oetec-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.099, required 6, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00, BAYES_00 -1.90, DKIM_SIGNED 0.10, DKIM_VALID -0.10, DKIM_VALID_AU -0.10, DKIM_VALID_EF -0.10, URIBL_BLOCKED 0.00) X-oetec-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-oetec-MailScanner-ID: 1B9DMmXu008741 X-oetec-MailScanner-Information: Please contact oetec for more information Received: from [10.14.0.12] (static-198-54-132-39.cust.tzulo.com [198.54.132.39]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.oetec.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-8) with ESMTPSA id 1B9DMmXu008741 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2021 08:22:50 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=blastwave.org; s=default; t=1639056170; bh=wWquee72gP/VotPwbyOBcZCB/gV5wVQj01QTpHpkXL4=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:From; b=F4o3+sgKhf7UvAZxzPFtZzSz/fQZr3Bw5i10SwnHbGS4xx9KX/98hIuVE6TnTJKW7 S09V6ZS88MgBgNtpsTDGEgRRl4DSUY0mKgfnbyVqfvgLe8zLxy2fqifxFW28e2+upl svLlTF/F7jcQY4pwMGLCgjITOY64Vp9kjMN0mXlGVprkNp1Tdtg0VNBh6PMhd7N3Od VcHU8osxdnePbVQ00TJU4j5cywInDG9RObiVDq/k426XC282+5m75xeSg26B4b/izz C+tfVGHU6iecy6VN1S7hptI2KJRh7AxdRg4PWHcFuWTVYDTJ9j5WJLYQqnMa9mDMIl 7jslVtpC0MgWw== Message-ID: <703b88fd-87dd-f79b-d154-7cfbad106a92@blastwave.org> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 08:22:48 -0500 List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ppc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:95.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/95.0 To: ppc@FreeBSD.org Content-Language: en-US Subject: Question about the old PowerMac G5 quad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4J8vq62RXpz4dSh X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=blastwave.org header.s=default header.b=F4o3+sgK; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=blastwave.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dclarke@blastwave.org designates 108.160.241.186 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dclarke@blastwave.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.70 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[blastwave.org:s=default]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[ppc@freebsd.org]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[108.160.241.186:from]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[blastwave.org:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[blastwave.org,quarantine]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:812, ipnet:108.160.240.0/20, country:CA]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] Reply-To: dclarke@blastwave.org From: Dennis Clarke via ppc X-Original-From: Dennis Clarke X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Dear ppc64 folks : I have not tried FreeBSD CURRENT on anything ppc64 in a long while and was just curious what the state of affairs is like. Last time I did try running on my old PowerMac Quad G5 there were plenty of itty bitty little issues and more than a few big ones. Namely SMP is disabled. That was a show stopper. Another question would be, from your experience, what is the best hardware to run with? Something POWER8? The amazing Raptor Talos II wonderful POWER9 machines? Any feedback would be a joy as I do see ppc is still Tier2 and that fascinates me given how valuable the IBM POWER world is within industry. -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional