FreeBSD on the Talos II; OpenPOWER in general

Nathan Whitehorn nwhitehorn at freebsd.org
Sat Jan 19 18:49:37 UTC 2019


FreeBSD runs today, with or without graphics, on the Talos II and is the
subject of very active work by a number of developers, so the support is
rapidly improving.
-Nathan

On 1/19/19 3:06 AM, Uni Gaia wrote:
> I could not determine clearly from
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/POWER9 whether FreeBSD works today as
> a server or desktop operating system for this hardware.
>
> It seems clear that OpenPOWER, with its entirely open architecture &
> firmware, including OpenBMC, is the way forward.
>
> I was wondering if this is a perception shared by the FreeBSD
> developers? Is there interest and/or focused effort in bringing
> OpenPOWER all the way up to Tier-1 status?
>
> IMO this has been the most exciting hardware development in recent
> years, and a great leap forward towards truly free computing.
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