ThunderX2 from Gigabyte

[Uni Gaia]

On 1/21/19 9:49 PM, Shawn Webb 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.
> 
> Thanks,
> 


Just adding a data point expressing interest in FreeBSD working with 
this hardware, and gratitude that someone with the right skillset is 
working on this.

Exciting times where non-intel hardware (arm, arm64, openpower) is 
slowly making its way to the operating system.