Tyan OpenPower TN71-BP012 and T2/Linux

Tyan TN71-BP012

The Tyan OpenPower TN71-BP012 is a IBM Power8 based 2U OpenPowerserver.

Notes

Like the PS3 it uses the Linux based Petitboot as boot loader.

The management serial port is console=hvc0 at 115200 baud.

Performance Index

3:32m to build binutils-2.41 w/ gcc-13.1.0

/proc/cpuinfo

processor : 0
cpu : POWER8 (raw), altivec supported
clock : 2061.000000MHz
revision : 2.0 (pvr 004d 0200)
...
processor : 79
cpu : POWER8 (raw), altivec supported
clock : 2360.000000MHz
revision : 2.0 (pvr 004d 0200)

timebase : 512000000
platform : PowerNV
model : TN71-BP012
machine : PowerNV TN71-BP012
firmware : OPAL v3

lspci

0000:00:00.0 PCI bridge: IBM Device 03dc
0001:00:00.0 PCI bridge: IBM Device 03dc
0001:01:00.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 8748 (rev ca)
0001:02:01.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 8748 (rev ca)
0001:02:02.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 8748 (rev ca)
0001:02:08.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 8748 (rev ca)
0001:02:09.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 8748 (rev ca)
0001:02:0a.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 8748 (rev ca)
0001:02:10.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 8748 (rev ca)
0001:02:11.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 8748 (rev ca)
0001:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro]
0001:04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro]
0001:05:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 9235 (rev 11)
0001:06:00.0 USB controller: Texas Instruments TUSB73x0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller (rev 02)
0001:07:00.0 PCI bridge: ASPEED Technology, Inc. AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
0001:08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 30)
0002:00:00.0 PCI bridge: IBM Device 03dc

lsusb