Hi,
In order to run an OS on the IBM POWER Hypervisor, it needs kernel
modifications to make the kernel aware of a set of hypervisor calls. So,
as is, OpenBSD cannot run in an LPAR. More on what's required can be
found here :
http://www.power.org/members/developers/specs.
You need to sign up for a Power.org account to view the specs.
Vijay Ramesh
vramesh2@...
Rafal Bisingier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 20:28:32 +0100 (CET)
> Mark Kettenis <
mark.kettenis@...> wrote:
>
>
>>> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:35:50 +0100
>>> From: Rafal Bisingier <
ravbc@...>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there any chance to install OpenBSD on a "logical hardware
>>> partition" created on IBM p-Series machine? There is a mac-ppc
>>> port, but as I understand it's only for apple hardware? Is there
>>> any one having some experience on this field?
>>>
>> OpenBSD doesn't run on IBM p-Series. It could be made to run on some
>> of them, but it isn't clear to me if IBM makes sufficient
>> documentation available to do that.
>>
>
> I'd like to run OpenBSD only on "logical partition" (IBM's own virtual
> hardware enviroment). As far as I know it's (almost) the same on every
> p-Series system. I don't think that documentation for this "virtual
> hardware" is of "restricted access" type. So what exactly would be
> needed to make OpenBSD ready to deploy on IBM's p-Series LPAR?
