-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Sorry, can't add today....it's a little over 6,000 pages of new documentation. Still, hardly light reading!
On 05/29/2018 03:39 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > Register documentation was published today. Links to the three volumes > (over 7000 pages of documentation!) > > https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/File:POWER9_Registers_vol1_version1.1_pub.pdf > > https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/File:POWER9_Registers_vol2_version1.2_pub.pdf > > https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/File:POWER9_Registers_vol3_version1.2_pub.pdf > > That leaves only the PHB documentation in process at this point. Almost > there.... > > On 05/12/2018 02:34 AM, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> On 05/03/2018 06:02 PM, ron minnich wrote: > > >>> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 1:20 PM Timothy Pearson >>> <tpear...@raptorengineering.com <mailto:tpear...@raptorengineering.com>> >>> wrote: > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA256 > >>> I think I was being a bit pessimistic / too careful here. We're close >>> to getting the docs publicly released, but that doesn't help anyone >>> wanting access right now, which is why I mentioned the other route. >>> IBM's committed to getting the documentation released, they're just >>> making sure that what they release is actually correct for the products >>> it covers. > >>> It might make sense to get our "working group" together over the next >>> few weeks, by which time the documentation should be available in public >>> form. > >>> Are you interested in joining? :-) > > >>> of course, but not until those docs are freed up. > > >> We're getting there. First manual to be released is the processor user >> guide. More to follow, including register documentation, in around a week. > >> Users guide: > >> https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/File:POWER9_um_OpenPOWER_v20GA_09APR2018_pub.pdf > >>> Context: I've been trying for 2 years now to get OPAL released under >>> dual gpl2 licensing with the current apache2 license, apache2 and gpl2 >>> are not compatible, so we'd be in a bit of a mess should we use OPAL >>> code in coreboot, and it would be easiest if we were able to use some of >>> that code. > >>> The first response from IBM was "why do you think you need coreboot?" I >>> worked through that, and there was agreement in the end it ought to >>> happen, said agreement reached about 2 years ago. Stuff Would Happen, I >>> was told. After that, silence. > >> We've reignited this. It's underway. :-) > >>> This is pretty much par for the course with Power. In 1990 I spent two >>> years getting an agreement that would allow me to .... get more agreements. > >> We've plowed through this already and are at the action point. For the >> most part, just let me know what you need and I'll see if we can get it >> published. > >>> So close doesn't count. Once I see the kind of docs I need to see, not >>> requiring a clickwrap, and covering all aspects of every chip on your >>> board, I'm in: I'll order a board. Until then, I can't really do much. > >> Is the NIC an issue? There are several people working on REing the >> hardware with some great progress [1][2], but there's really no way to >> get Broadcom to ever release official documentation. Everything else on >> the libre-friendly non-SAS version either has docs available or we are >> close to getting them published. > >>> Thanks for your efforts on Power! > >> No problem! We still consider Power the best path forward for powerful >> libre systems at this point, getting really tired of the other vendors >> actively working against efforts to create open firmware (this includes >> SiFive at this point). > >> Will keep you posted as we get more docs published online, but thought >> you and the others here might at least be interested in the users guide. > >>> ron > > > >> [1] https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/BCM5719 >> [2] IRC discussions on #talos-workstation > > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJbDbvUAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbEBMIAJA0cTqkUX42RGNOcJ/eLxn5 l5fYmq6oaF1QGHQPahv5Wu6HnN6TgBZSpcczo/HrMjREnac2W9cpTIh60hoADiEC UMHeIbp45GOpzFQGAvZpx8LbJZ38qXRPG/XM/qyf7BMsYmfUjTqjmRoQ33wzNiZn bcuhvBnMfGrllG6F06QJ2ZmCVHja+C8mQJTm+oSvayDjInaWHu4UV61062ahplol w6JjflEsBiiRR8savs/m95EnZECU6PaDoJTVUGbnxUzgidS5ozuz2RYEG4jiDj+P RPL7Vqi6tTrzo0oSd8LdA/USuEdL3ZnjRl0h5y8fChoKge0cM6IyLJBBgiatk74= =nN+4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot