gyptazy (@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch)

gyptazy

@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch

Believer in the power of open-source & community-driven innovation.

Former AS20621 NetOp that loves FreeBSD & illumos. Currently mostly in DevOps & developing (Python, Rust). Contributes to #Ansible & #GradenLinux. Evaluating and production usage of #RISCV hardware/software.

Projects:
* BoxyBSD.com - A free VM hosting service to provide some value back to the community.
* manpageblog.org - A static blog generator in manpage design.
* QualvoSec - A security patch management tool.

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gyptazy » 2024-04-08
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I guess #RISCV64 based VMs would be really pretty cool on #BoxyBSD. I think this would be really valuable but I’m struggling on possible implementations.

A: Using my 4x #RV64 #VisionFive2 boards - each board has 8GB. This could lead into a temporary and time limited, dedicated usage of 7-30d.

B: It could be shared across with 7 users by #jails on #FreeBSD. Requires better support in FreeBSD.

C: QEMU emulated instances running on amd64

I’d really like to see rv64 being pushed and it was excactly the reason to get those boards to get more experience on that platform. However, just sharing some ideas - it does not mean that they will be available in the near future (but would be cool if so).