From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Fri Nov 11 09:12:18 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6329C39331 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:12:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markmi@dsl-only.net) Received: from asp.reflexion.net (outbound-mail-210-47.reflexion.net [208.70.210.47]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B75B16F3 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:12:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markmi@dsl-only.net) Received: (qmail 10797 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2016 09:12:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rtc-sm-01.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.150.1) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 11 Nov 2016 09:12:41 -0000 Received: by rtc-sm-01.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v8.10.1) with SMTP; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 04:12:21 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 12408 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2016 09:12:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 11 Nov 2016 09:12:20 -0000 Received: from [192.168.1.106] (c-76-115-7-162.hsd1.or.comcast.net [76.115.7.162]) by iron2.pdx.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1B44AEC7C39; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 01:12:16 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Millard Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.1 \(3251\)) Subject: FYI: head (12-CURRENT) -r308247 still does not boot old iMac G3 Message-Id: <6A068F32-40C5-439D-92DC-671561449606@dsl-only.net> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 01:12:15 -0800 To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML , FreeBSD Current X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3251) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:12:18 -0000 My old iMac G3 list report from 2015-Mar-30 ( = https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2015-March/007563.html ) = for head (11-CURRENT) -r280598 still basically applies to head = (12-CURRENT) -r308247 : > iMac G3 (I've access to only one example G3):=20 >=20 > After=20 >=20 > > Time counters tick every 1.000 msec=20 >=20 > it gets:=20 >=20 > > [Thread pid 0 tid 100037]=20 > > Stopped at pmap_activate+0x7c lwz r11,r1,0x0=20 >=20 > which may be reporting the instruction after a indirect subroutine = jump.=20 =20 Although the tid is now 100040 if I remember right. If I remember right, = the 0x7c has not changed, nor has the type of instruction listed. The SSD boots various other PowerMac G4's and G5's just fine. Back on 2015-Mar-30 I reported that 10.1-STABLE of that time worked = fine. (I was not explicit about the -r.) [Unlike back then there is no problem with -r308247 booting the PowerMac = G5's.] [The oddball PowerMac G4 that no version of FreeBSD that I've tried has = ever managed to boot still has the status as of -r308247: it gets to the = same point and silently hangs. Mac OS X and Lubuntu and the like boot it = just fine.] =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net