From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 19 00:27:14 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 995D2696 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:27:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x231.google.com (mail-pd0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69D611DEF for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:27:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f177.google.com with SMTP id x10so4122589pdj.36 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:27:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=d0rAOBa26/XmUQZ8o1yZ3fgLliT5hPSIeceHVvIi4u4=; b=W7JjkKnGxrUHrmgMTHpvoP6pZcyOA6kLVe0fNJ5Li1ICBXQjmYKe3H+TzIQCtEKeFS ouHtpEAHjwg3dmF7lwXkv0kocJpMMrXem22SvISmPoV+NzrUdop6hBwFeFXBBrcQ/d9z 0+5DqqSXv0PRjey8mwoovcSIqTr5hPjzNYm5eE0s9VHPSrRcslmOxQPxj3YyMijy1QQ+ /QZ5FI/6XRRs1mma1A3GZJi3Pp2S0rtUXPuant+NTEWaDpZQ1vQfgwfzaFEg/a5wwXq4 wJHjilZ/2auxNB38AmVRFzaqH/PrHUFAb6yGna0Z+nMSiPNzD0Y7iRsU6NbfoOnpunl1 2RJA== X-Received: by 10.66.4.130 with SMTP id k2mr10389911pak.95.1390091234079; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:27:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from zhabar.gateway.2wire.net (76-253-2-5.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [76.253.2.5]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xu8sm46416982pab.0.2014.01.18.16.27.12 for (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:27:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:27:06 -0800 From: Justin Hibbits To: Britt Dodd Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 Message-ID: <20140118162706.1ff7435a@zhabar.gateway.2wire.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; powerpc64-portbld-freebsd11.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:27:14 -0000 Hi Britt, I have just committed a fix for this in head, r260872. I'll be MFCing it to stable/10 and stable/9 next week. Until then, you could try building a bootable CD on another machine, for head, and give it a go. - Justin On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:56:55 -0500 Britt Dodd wrote: > Excellent! If *anybody* needs ppc32/ppc64 testing or shell access for > compiling, please message me. > > Thanks Justin for your reply. Is this error present in 8.x releases? > Do you think I could run 8.x until the patch comes out, and then > somehow upgrade to 10.0-RC2+? > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Justin Hibbits > wrote: > > > Hi Britt, > > > > On Jan 3, 2014 12:21 PM, "Britt Dodd" wrote: > > > > > > Good afternoon, > > > > > > I'd like to begin by saying that while I do have a bunch of x86 > > > systems, I'd also like to make (limited) use of powerpc hardware > > > -- mainly a Powerbook G4, an XServe G5 and a XServe G4 (it'll be > > > the 'garage mac'). > > > > > > OSX support died with 10.5. A bunch of Linux distros totally > > > dropped building for ppc/32. I'm starting to really get attached > > > to running > > FreeBSD > > > and would like to install it on my powerpc equipment. > > > > > > I attempted to load the LiveCD in my powerbook, and maybe 2 > > > seconds into bootup (with tty output on screen) the entire system > > > abruptly shuts off. > > > > > > Any hints? > > > > > > > > > Britt > > > > I see this very issue, and I think it is caused by the PMU being > > initialized early, and not emptying the mailbox. I will be testing > > a patch in the next few weeks when I get time to tackle this, and > > hopefully a fix will be in soon. > > > > -Justin > >