From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 00:09:49 2009 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 D729A106566B for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:09:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0A78FC12 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:09:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E82FF5823D; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:09:48 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at icecube.wisc.edu Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id G4H0Q+PIlTgl; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:09:48 -0600 (CST) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (i3-dhcp-172-16-55-200.icecube.wisc.edu [172.16.55.200]) by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C76B25823C; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:09:48 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <49A72F4C.9090803@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:09:48 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090126) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ananda Samaddar References: <20090226191342.52d4a36b@ananda-desktop> <49A71EF4.5090203@freebsd.org> <20090227000526.0e6e7d92@ananda-desktop> In-Reply-To: <20090227000526.0e6e7d92@ananda-desktop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about FreeBSD on a Mac Mini 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, 27 Feb 2009 00:09:50 -0000 Ananda Samaddar wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:00:04 -0600 > Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> While the installer does not currently provide a partitioning >> mechanism or bootloader installation facility, the operating system >> itself does have this capability, and you can also do it by hand >> (e.g. from OS X). The gpart utility is capable of partioning APM >> disks from the command line, and there is a boot loader image >> (/boot/boot1.hfs) available on -CURRENT that you can dd to an extra >> 800 K partition to get a boot sector that OF will understand. You can >> also partition from OS X and copy the loader (/boot/loader) to an HFS >> partition at that time. >> > > I run Debian on an ibook already so I'm presuming it's similar thing to > what they term a 'New World Boot partition' when you talk about a > 'small partition'. Also can partitions that have been created under > Linux be converted by the installer to UFS2? > Yes, and yes. >> This is remedied in -CURRENT and will be merged to -STABLE in a week >> and a half, barring any reports of problems. >> > > So this will be merged into 7.0 as a compile time option for the > kernel? Does the supplied GCC support Altivec and if so can ports be > recompiled for Altivec support? > It will be in the kernel by default. The supplied gcc does support Altivec, and ports will use it if you set CPUTYPE=7450 or whatever Altivec-supporting CPU you have in /etc/make.conf. I'm currently running a world and all my ports built with Altivec on a G4 iBook very happily. -Nathan