ThunderX2 from Gigabyte

[Russell Haley]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 2:03 PM Shawn Webb <shawn.webb at hardenedbsd.org>
wrote:

> 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


Thanks Sean. It was Phoenics Electronics that pointed me to ASA Computers.

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

Ha ha. I checked if there was a BIOS for boot source selection. Apparently
Internal SATA and PXE are supported and USB boot has been known to work,
but not verified by Phoenics. Not everyone here at work is as keen on
FreeBSD as I am. :-/

Russ

>
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