From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 12:20:23 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 3D4E4106566B; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:20:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 727AF8FC0A; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:20:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so2921776bwz.3 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:20:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:received:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=RXkvK111bBrxy918ITKj0xYg0vwobXVYPe2Z4jPTmTo=; b=ay0zSokMBTI46vWtBhpltkWwWRqb2td25ESHXuaU/UEK4eYwBUGIbq+bd4qNjRDfiD 9oNhSTyEDQTg3Mc05NZD85K30CBNYzIsnnM0DyPLL3UcFGebDp8i5fBh4jF75S+PPl9x fftTEOCsNa+mFydTk/tMJTgG5TJ0cZRZxsP8M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=GkmEnjQSF0dHauCsASkyFrO5Mv0WdmYI3pmixLUQuu6S74fnM1Fx1yjejw3k1EYRIo DKIPIf/UbDMz8TvPAmVRyU8/A1nDFGagsl2LacPf/pTrTLT98LG1WS/D3nN/rnLYch7z ysKAfckaGYOLWpH1wpk9R0rU8wXpup9j8GlQ8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.22.70 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 05:20:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BB93039.9030901@freebsd.org> References: <4BB93039.9030901@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:20:18 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 44372ba930fcc7e9 Received: by 10.204.142.147 with SMTP id q19mr5982739bku.169.1270470018419; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Justin Hibbits To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: ppc64 snapshot 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: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:20:23 -0000 On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Nathan Whitehorn 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