FreeBSD on PowerVM LPARs (powerpc64le) — LibrePower PoC

Hello everyone,

First, thank you to everyone who has kept FreeBSD on PowerPC alive
over the years.

I have just joined the list and wanted to briefly introduce some work
we have been doing at LibrePower.

Over the past few months, we have been working on running FreeBSD as a
native PowerVM LPAR on IBM POWER9/10/11. We now have an early PoC with
virtual networking and NPIV-backed storage working, currently tested
on IBM Power Virtual Server.

This is still an early and limited system. We have also started
building a small powerpc64le package repository to make the system
more usable.

Some parts of the implementation, including the NPIV work, have been
AI-assisted. We understand the review concerns this may raise, so our
intention is to submit small, documented patches that can be
independently reviewed and tested.

Before proceeding, we would appreciate your guidance:

	*
Is PowerVM LPAR support of interest to the project?

	*
Where should we publish the current work and start submitting patches?

	*
Would a short technical summary of the blockers, changes and test
results be a useful first step?

We would be glad to contribute the work upstream and follow the
project’s preferred review process.

Best regards

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Hugo

 LIBREPOWER — OPEN SOURCE FOR IBM POWER SYSTEMS
http://librepower.org/