From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 16 03:58:16 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 E7AAE106566C; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:58:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout030.mac.com (asmtpout030.mac.com [17.148.16.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D02B48FC0C; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:58:16 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from macbook-pro.lan.xcllnt.net (mail.xcllnt.net [75.101.29.67]) by asmtp030.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KXX007ZY1P2R040@asmtp030.mac.com>; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:58:16 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1002150300 From: Marcel Moolenaar In-reply-to: <4B7970D7.4010702@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:58:14 -0800 Message-id: <1DE3C155-0349-4CEB-AE7A-597FA520F4F0@mac.com> References: <4B7970D7.4010702@freebsd.org> To: Nathan Whitehorn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: powerpc64 status and request for testers 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: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:58:17 -0000 On Feb 15, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > I have been working on a full 64-bit PowerPC port of FreeBSD which is now mature enough that wider exposure and testing would be appreciated. It boots multiuser and most ports seem to just work, etc. Note that this is still very raw, however; building it remains tricky, and it may have fatal bugs resulting in data loss. Nonetheless: congratulations! Now, if only I had a G5 xserve... :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com