On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 12:35:13AM +0800, Mikael wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I asked IBM to donate 4-10 Power8 servers to the OpenBSD Foundation, for > adding support for this arch. After 6 months this got all the way to their > Director of the Power(8) Ecosystem & Alliances, that is the highest > executive for the whole arch. Just right now, she's asking for a motivation > for IBM to donate - she asks: > > > "It would be helpful to know where you are seeing requests for OpenBSD on > Power and what applications on top of OpenBSD are being requested. We have > not seen any requests as of yet from our target clients. " > > > Can you please collect answers to this question and post them here in this > thread, or PM them to me. I'll forward your responses and they'll decide > whether to donate Power8 devices to OpenBSD, based on them. > > ** Please tell the next 6-7 days! > > Thanks! > Mikael >
Forgive me if I've missed something on tech@. Have you found any developers that want to develop this architecture? That's definitely a lot of work! If you've been working on this for 6 months, you should already know who they are. Your question seems poorly worded to get the kind of responses you need. Does anyone need a Power8? Why? Would be a good question. Why would a Power8 be a preferred solution versus what they already have or currently plan to upgrade to? Asking about what apps someone would run is a legitimate question. I didn't look at any details about Linux running on it, but that might make porting the same apps over to OpenBSD not too difficult. I would guess, and only guess, that similar needs would be found by OpenBSD users. This thread should also be posted to tech@. If IBM is serious, I doubt that replies within 6-7 days will make much difference versus replies within a month. Good luck, Chris Bennett
