From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 11:07:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C7D510656E1 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:07:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 190C88FC14 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:07:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o9PB76KY088853 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:07:06 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o9PB764D088851 for freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:07:06 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:07:06 GMT Message-Id: <201010251107.o9PB764D088851@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: gnats set sender to owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:07:07 -0000 Note: to view an individual PR, use: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=(number). The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o power/149009 ppc sysinstall(8) on powerpc fails to install manpages, so o power/140241 ppc [kernel] [patch] Linker set problems on PowerPC EABI o power/135576 ppc gdb cannot debug threaded programs on ppc o power/133503 ppc [sound] Sound stutter after switching ttys o power/133383 ppc firefox thr_kill crash with heavy vm load o power/133382 ppc [install] Installer gets signal 11 o power/131548 ppc ofw_syscons no longer supports 32-bit framebuffer a power/121407 ppc [panic] Won't boot up; strange error message. o power/111296 ppc [kernel] [patch] [request] Support IMISS, DLMISS an DS o power/93203 ppc FreeBSD PPC Can't Write to Partitions. 10 problems total. From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 23:11:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F52D1065670 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:11:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joshua.piccari@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28A7A8FC08 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:11:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so4231145iwn.13 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=AXlE+XJh0du1LwbceGY+HBvIXYdkLwS9ganSQWrWSOI=; b=nudnw1UMCfLz++gmm2LQdu6DAETGp3LSulnSzQp4NASy4VWt+SMwmZRlFBb7jSWF3D /VtxCAUfElMQdnsK0MebJKZQwrikP88KbW3cN7gngOISvnbspmqmgFXPlSyAaD1Tjf+E qWJyBx5cnv/odnWF3kbAf1ZhkZ31JNg62zJJU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; b=orPt5qglIYvsuLwwdzmlrQDkASMD9aHW3BmmG+ckoQEsXsDqHypbZtv0G+0AZfLYxi jc6hnsZJooLI9fTaeAndxR5L7Du38p4vMC8UtZMlOxXaahon0wwdQ5MVo+Rzirir0GiD KXptzjA8EZaIuupEujg154Ck8PeC0o/HUXvpk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.11.69 with SMTP id t5mr9420742ict.405.1288393913321; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Sender: joshua.piccari@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.33.193 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wdQ9LZZBlTiytMzclN9ADCEJoBw Message-ID: From: Joshua Piccari To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Boot sequence question X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:11:54 -0000 Hi all, I've been working on getting FreeBSD to boot from a CF card on a RouterBoard rb800 (cpu is a MPC8544). I've learned that the it can load the contents of the first with the sysid of 39 (0x27). The partition contents are expected to be a raw ELF image which will be loaded and then run. Can someone point me to (or take the time to outline) the boot sequence in more detail than what is provided in the handbook. I'm looking for something a bit more technical. Or if anybody has done this before and can lend some advise on booting FreeBSD, that would be wonderful. -- Joshua Piccari /dv/