Re: FreeBSD on PowerVM LPARs (powerpc64le) — Libre Power PoC
Adrian Chadd <[email protected]>
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hi! * yes this is awesome! * send over what you have when you're comfortable and we can figure out how to get what bits landed * i prefer reviews in https://reviews.freebsd.org/ , if you have your work in a github or similar branch then please share what you have and we can figure it out from there * yes i really should sit down and get ppc64le/ppc64 packages built for 16 and 15 * yes please send through a list of technical challenges, that'd be great! also: * for us who have hardware (eg i have an S822 which I need to setup to run LPARs) it would be nice to cover what you did and how to get it going. I've had issues even trying to get the bootloader to be loaded and jumped into in previous testing so any/all info you have to get this going would be super great. THanks! -adrian On Tue, 4 Aug 2026 at 04:09, LibrePower <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > > Hugo > > * LibrePower — Open Source for IBM Power Systems * http://librepower.org/ > > > > >