ThunderX2 from Gigabyte

[Shawn Webb]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 01:58:52PM -0800, Russell Haley wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 1:51 PM Shawn Webb <shawn.webb at hardenedbsd.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:44:23PM +0100, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > > is there any experience with running FreeBSD on
> > > > https://b2b.gigabyte.com/ARM-Server/R181-T92-rev-100#ov
> > >
> > > I've eyed that board as well, but did not hear any sucess stories.
> >
> > Work is ongoing to get FreeBSD working on the ThunderX2. I'm working
> > with FreeBSD's/Cavium's Jayachandran to resolve some firmware bugs.
> > We're getting pretty close, but still have a few issues to work out.
> > I'm really hoping to have FreeBSD and/or HardenedBSD running on ours
> > within the next month or two.
> >
> What manufacturer are you using for your prototype hardware? I'm trying to
> discern if there are hardware differences between the aforementioned
> Gigabyte server and - for instance - the ASA computers offer:
> https://www.asacomputers.com/Cavium-ThunderX.html

I ordered this server from Phoenics Electronics:
https://b2b.gigabyte.com/ARM-Server/R181-T90-rev-100

Shipped with Ubuntu Linux 18.04. I can't wait to rm -rf Linux for
something superior. ;)

Thanks,

-- 
Shawn Webb
Cofounder and Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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