From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 4 16:51:16 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 AABA04A8; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 16:51:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-x231.google.com (mail-yh0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5871C1F4C; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 16:51:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f49.google.com with SMTP id z20so3333135yhz.8 for ; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 08:51:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=z4nfuISjN6gYZgnmsq8lhysREt+gBkHmIbRorIA1lL0=; b=GNfwFJ+EWtGfdTfLVyyCfRZUPAPYFyG/5k5RhztARQ7uGCWQcgPfvdTkzhrovBVlTK D+R07Ru7hGR/E2CGrZWbpg/mxDrMiLfHT/EBLZSDU0l4WjX33cUXE5czx3fZFqaNTLwy zQZCRRK5SNiLWPF0VbsrlFHMULhtvcL++AUDKKuMckV2ktNNWexYIkf2TFnaCgQUFIEP iu/7wZgsUttrBvzRywNqxfYQ1gGX13T5WAjkKS6zHqSnJYm7fzoHtnW0TzVlOILIqf2C tZ0b8IKZY0/Se4jQcLj6z7cYpGVlFQ59+Enyg350OWRMiBQRmXFlCMlyr01fiz0CeZrL 3ufQ== X-Received: by 10.236.137.14 with SMTP id x14mr66730643yhi.4.1388854275606; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 08:51:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.168.178] (107-217-132-246.lightspeed.lsvlky.sbcglobal.net. [107.217.132.246]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id g25sm9439720yhg.6.2014.01.04.08.51.14 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 04 Jan 2014 08:51:15 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\)) Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 From: Britton Dodd In-Reply-To: <52C76745.9050706@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 11:45:38 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <52C76745.9050706@freebsd.org> To: Nathan Whitehorn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827) Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 16:51:16 -0000 Guess I shouldn=92t buy a lottery ticket then ! Thanks for all the help. I=92ll start building my Xserve then in the = mean time. On Jan 3, 2014, at 8:43 PM, Nathan Whitehorn = wrote: > You've unfortunately found the one New World machine that has never > worked properly under FreeBSD! So 8.x won't help. Probably you will = just > have to wait for the time being. Your other hardware should work > perfectly well, however. > -Nathan >=20 > On 01/03/14 18:56, Britt Dodd wrote: >> Excellent! If *anybody* needs ppc32/ppc64 testing or shell access for >> compiling, please message me. >>=20 >> 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+? >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Justin Hibbits = wrote: >>=20 >>> Hi Britt, >>>=20 >>> On Jan 3, 2014 12:21 PM, "Britt Dodd" wrote: >>>> Good afternoon, >>>>=20 >>>> 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'). >>>>=20 >>>> 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. >>>>=20 >>>> 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. >>>>=20 >>>> Any hints? >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> 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. >>>=20 >>> -Justin >>>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20