Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> > Nick Owens wrote:
> > the obvious hardware is a thinkpad.
> Using a laptop as a server seems strange, but is effectively a
> simple solution.

the regular supermicro server boards are known to work well.
the x9 series are better tested than the x10s.  but the x10s should
work.  also the supermicro d5xx work fine.

> > Arisawa wrote:
> > look http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/hardware/
> Very handfull.
> 
> > Steve Simon wrote: 
> > At home I run...
> That confirm the usual list of known working hardware.
> 
> Thanks a lot for the various answers. Reading them, I
> believe that:
> 
> 1) It's not possible to chainload plan9 when the firmware is
> uefi. But someone wrote me off list that «most uefi firmware
> also includes bios», and apparently, that is the case of the
> supermicro boards (their documentation seems to mention uefi
> boot as an option, and not as the default).

that's the case for everything i've tried, but perhaps that's not
a representive sample.

> 2) C2000 sata soc and i354 ethernet controllers are not
> known working yet.

should be working with 9atom.

> 3) There's not so much hope to see a port for another arm
> board than the raspberry pi and the trimslice soon.

that's news to me.

- erik