Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:34:30 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New powerpc64 snapshot Message-ID: <C31BDA76-ECE9-4012-86C4-24B30ECC8162@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <5A677521-DE86-4BA9-BA85-8003957551B5@freebsd.org> References: <5A677521-DE86-4BA9-BA85-8003957551B5@freebsd.org>
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On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > I've prepared some new powerpc64 snapshot ISOs which can be found at = http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/FreeBSD-9.0-20101118-SNAP-powerpc64/= >=20 > These include several bugfixes relative to previous snapshots. I was able successfully to install this snapshot today on an Xserve G5. = I had several problems, though: 1) I could not boot from the bootloader script after the install was = complete; I had forcibly to "setenv boot-device hd:,\ppc\boot1.elf" for = the system to boot into FreeBSD from power-on. (I did remember the = "gpart bootcode ..." step, too.) 2) Usually, the system will not boot multi-user as it is unable to mount = the root partition after booting the kernel. Dropping into the debugger = and issuing a "reboot" to do a warm boot will allow the system then to = boot multi-user successfully. 3) The system is LOUD! It sounds like the fans are running high pretty = much all the time---running much higher than Mac OS X 10.5 runs them. I = notice a "fcu" fan-related device during boot. Is there any way to = force the fans to run at a lower speed? I'm going to go deaf at this = rate. :-) 4) After a while, my system fell of the network with "bge0: watchdog = timeout -- resetting" being output on the console periodically. 5) A minor thing, but the "locate" command doesn't work properly. = Either it doesn't find something I know is there, or it finds something = but prints out incorrect gibberish as a result (e.g., just printing out = lines of "/" in response to a "locate etc"). I realise the FreeBSD/powerpc64 port is experimental at this point. Can = anyone tell me if the above symptoms afflict the 32-bit FreeBSD/powerpc = 8-STABLE port? Although I like the idea of the powerpc64 port allowing = me to use all of the 3.5 GB RAM in this machine, at this point it is = more important for me to trade away the extra RAM for stability (and = *quietness*:). If FreeBSD/powerpc 8-STABLE is more solid, I'd rather = switch to that, as I'd like to get this machine back into service. (I would be more prepared to soldier on with FreeBSD/powerpc64 if I = could get the fan noise problem under control. That would let me do = more testing without going crazy from the noise.:) Cheers, Paul.
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