From owner-freebsd-ppc Mon Dec 3 8:21:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [204.179.120.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2615737B417 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 08:21:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-relay02.mac.com (server-source-si02 [10.13.10.6]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.1/8.10.2/1.0) with ESMTP id fB3GGKaa007126 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 08:16:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from asmtp02.mac.com ([10.13.10.66]) by smtp-relay02.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 relay02 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GNS04G00.PHT for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 08:21:52 -0800 Received: from localhost ([66.121.2.206]) by asmtp02.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 asmtp02 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GNS04F00.B94; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 08:21:51 -0800 Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 08:21:51 -0800 Subject: Re: Port still active? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v475) Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG To: James Sarrett From: Laurent de Segur In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.475) Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG James, Thanks for the info. I will build a ppc toolchain and install it on my freebsd machine and try what you suggest. I was hoping for an iso for quick evaluation, but realize now how early this project is. Regards, LdS On Monday, December 3, 2001, at 06:49 AM, James Sarrett wrote: > this port is still in the early stages of development. i don't think it > actually boots stably yet, but you can try cross compiling it, it's in > the CURRENT branch of the CVS tree. you can try it out on the PSIM > simulator that is now bundled with gdb. info here: > http://sources.redhat.com/psim > http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/ofppc/psim.html > > and if you just have to try it on actual hardware (not that it works > for sure anyway) i'd suggest cross compiling and installing on a second > harddrive. booting *should* be fairly straightforward (haven't tried > this myself yet) from open firmware, seeing as the newer versions will > boot XCOFF and ELF binaries natively. > > Apologies if any of this info is incorrect, I'm new here too. > -James Sarrett. > > On Sunday, December 2, 2001, at 09:24 PM, Laurent de Segur wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I was just curious to find out if this list is still alive. How do I >> get information on bootstrapping FreeBSD to boot on a powerpc machine? >> Do I need a x86 machine to cross-compile? Can I use a NetBSD running >> on the native ppc platform? Is gcc in Darwin OK? Please help me >> starting. Which hw are people on this list trying to port to? Mac >> only? Does that require to cross-compile using a toolchain on a x86 >> machine? What the stage of advancement of the project? Does that pass >> the console login prompt yet? So many questions... Thanks for letting >> me know, >> >> Laurent >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message