Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:33:23 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Ben Rosengart <ben+freebsd.org@narcissus.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP; autoboot Message-ID: <4351BBF3.8060003@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20051016012933.GB31458@absinthe.tinho.net> References: <20051016012933.GB31458@absinthe.tinho.net>
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Hi Ben, > 1. Is SMP supported on freebsd-ppc? Nope :( It may not be too difficult. The ppc port is mostly based on the sparc64 port so all the synchronization primitives are there. I personally don't have any MP h/w. > 2. What can I put in my NVRAM settings to make the system boot to > FreeBSD? As it is, I have auto-boot?=false, and when > the OF prompt comes up, I type "boot hd:loader hd:6". hd:6 is an > HFS+ filesystem which contains just one file, "loader". This is > not too bad, but it'd be pretty cool if I could autoboot to FreeBSD. > Bonus points if there's a menu along the way that lets me select > Mac OS X, which lives on the second HDD. I played around with > things like setting boot-command=boot and boot-args="hd:loader hd:6", > but all I ever got was a boot to Mac OS X or to a blank screen. There's been some discussion and experimentation with this. Have a look at Dario Freni's blog, 'FreeBSD on the Mac Mini', and how he created a CHRP boot script. http://blog.freesbie.org/blogs/ and a from the freebsd-ppc archives: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2005-January/000830.html later, Peter.
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