Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:20:18 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ppc64 snapshot Message-ID: <w2mfd9cd3451004050520od8a1d619y498a3f0c2f0079f8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BB93039.9030901@freebsd.org> References: <g2kfd9cd3451004041522pec1d3740l7e3551284b619b5@mail.gmail.com> <4BB93039.9030901@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>wrote: > Justin Hibbits wrote: > >> I just got my hands on a dual-core G5 (Late 2005), and want to throw >> -CURRENT on it. Is there a snapshot available with the recent ppc64 >> changes >> that I could test out? >> >> > There isn't a snapshot currently -- you have to crossbuild and netboot for > now. I am planning on making one in the next week or so after my next and > final round of changes to support DMA above the 4 GB boundary. Your other > option would be installing a 32-bit system, then building and installing a > 64-bit kernel and world. > > Also, your machine is unsupported right now, even in 32-bit mode, due to a > missing attachment for the OpenPIC in the U4 system controller. Adding that > attachment is probably the work of an hour or two, however, if you find > yourself with some free time, and Andreas Tobler is currently working on > adding support for it for other reasons, so patches may already exist. > -Nathan > > Thanks, Nathan. I'll try to get in touch with Andreas, and I'll see if I can find some time to add the attachment. Are there any good resources on that? - Justin
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