From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Mon Sep 24 16:18:28 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00D0210B103A for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:18:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Michael.Tuexen@macmic.franken.de) Received: from drew.franken.de (mail-n.franken.de [193.175.24.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.franken.de", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91DA08818B for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:18:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Michael.Tuexen@macmic.franken.de) Received: from mb.fritz.box (p57B695F5.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [87.182.149.245]) (Authenticated sender: macmic) by mail-n.franken.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6298D721E280C; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:18:17 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) Subject: Re: 11.2 Installer Issues on G5 From: Michael Tuexen In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:18:16 +0200 Cc: freebsd-ppc Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <59B29AC1-2D40-40DA-978A-2229D7D79760@macmic.franken.de> References: <74UxFOyQuHBLyuc75iDWBJXa12pEz1GDKt5gjzANOROa01XLPtZWYLPgEptA1PajEIsKGa05Nwa5Yr6aAhqHQa-Ee0AyVKqtygPWQZBpqMI=@protonmail.com> To: Koakuma X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mail-n.franken.de X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:18:28 -0000 > On 22. Sep 2018, at 16:46, Koakuma via freebsd-ppc = wrote: >=20 > Today I tried playing a bit more with the machine and found some = curious > things that might be of interest: >=20 > 1. To the best of my observation, the hang seems to happen only when > there's some disk activity (pre-installer booting, partitioning, > cheksumming and extracting the files, etc.). > 2. Booting with set hw.ata.atapi_dma=3D0 and boot -v as per tingox's > suggestion at = https://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd > seems to increase the chance that I get into the installer welcome > page (the one with the Install/Shell/Live CD menu) successfully, > but it doesn't help with the hangs inside the installer itself. > 3. If I'm being lucky enough to get into the installer welcome page, > I can choose "Live CD" and play with the provided shell without any > problem... that is until I try to do something that touches the = disk. > I even tried to run several instances of yes(1) to put some load on > the machine, and it runs just fine under the load. > 4. Running two instances of yes(1) along with the installer seems to = get > rid of the hangs in the install process. Sadly, the problem is > still present in the installed system. > 5. The same drive (a 1 TB Seagate BarraCuda) works just fine with = macOS. I can confirm that a very unstable G5, which only sometimes booted, runs perfectly fine with kern.smp.disabled=3D1 in /boot/loader.conf So it seems that there is a problem with SMP support on the PowerMac G5. (compiled already a kernel on it, now running buildworld...). Best regards Michael >=20 > Attached is the /var/run/dmesg.boot of a "Live CD" session. >=20 > =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 = Original Message =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2= =80=90 > On Monday, September 3, 2018 9:56 AM, koa~ = wrote: >=20 >> So I tried booting the installer again and for some reason it worked, >> but the problem seems to exist in the installed system too. >> At random times it'd just hang while I'm using it and the red #7 LED >> will light up. There's no error messages or panics that I can see. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"