In current stage, the early boot up code are depending on the machine open firmware. So as long as the firmware has IEEE1275 standard interface, it should be easy to migrate the code. Yet a small difference of vendor's firmware implementation may cause some problems that are very hard to debug if cannot get support from IBM or Apple (remember the reverse-engineering work in linux port on powermac). Even we can just test some latest port on those machines, i think it is too early to do significant work on them in current stage.
To have both ODW/OSW and Genesi support for the open firmware is really great for the early bootup, and some efforts saved we may even do not know. Noah On 7/9/06, ken mays <maybird1776 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 05:23:20AM -0700, Ken Mays > wrote: > > William, > > > > I did a review for the IBM Intellistation 185 > express workstation > which is comparable to some of the recent specs and > "speculations" on the > rumored Genesi ODW Pegasos 3 platforms. > > > > -------------------- > > IBM IntelliStation POWER 185 Express > > > http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/intellistation/power/185/index.html > > > > Standard configurations > > > > Microprocessors One or two 2.5 GHz PowerPC 970 > processors with > AltiVec vector extensions > > > > Level 2 (L2) cache 1MB per processor > > > > RAM (memory) 512MB to 8GB of 333 MHz DDR SDRAM; ECC > > > > > Internal disk storage Up to 0.9TB Ultra320 SCSI > > > > Internal SCSI disk bays Three (10K rpm disks) > > > > Media bays Two half-high > > > > Expansion slots Four PCI-X: 2?64-bit 133 MHz; > 2?64-bit 100 MHz; > One PCI: 32-bit 33 MHz > > > > Standard features > > > > I/O ports Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps > controller > > Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal and > external) > > Four USB ports (two front and two rear) > > Two serial ports > > > > ----------------- > > > > This machine is helpful for the SMP, 8GB memory, > kmdb related work. > > Qnd zhqt zould be its price ? Around 4000 US $ ? > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther > ------------------------------- > > http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/intellistation/power/185/browse.html > > "7047-150W AIX 5L Edition > PowerPC 970 / 2.5 GHz 1-core > 2GB, 1 x 73.4GB Ultra320 10K rpm > $5,999.00 IBM Web price* > $188.37/mo. for 36 months** > Receive customized quote > > 7047-250W AIX 5L Edition PowerPC 970 / 2.5 GHz 2-core > 4GB, 2 x 73.4GB Ultra320 10K rpm > $8,299.00 IBM Web price* > $260.59/mo. for 36 months** > Receive customized quote > " > > The price of the Genesi OSW Pegasos III? Priceless... > (<=$800 USD ?) > > Porting to IBM hardware is a nice idea if you have > hardware to test. Same with Apple Power G5 hardware > ($3,299.00, 2.5GHz Quad-core PowerPC G5) and the Sun > Ultra 25 workstation (1.34 Ghz UltraSPARC IIIi > Processor based, $4000 USD). > > I don't think porting to IBM hardware is so much of a > problem as having access to the hardware for testing > and analysis. > > ~ Ken Mays > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > powerpc-discuss mailing list > powerpc-discuss at opensolaris.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/powerpc-discuss/attachments/20060709/c2450c26/attachment.html>
