Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:18:16 +0200 From: Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@macmic.franken.de> To: Koakuma <koachan@protonmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 11.2 Installer Issues on G5 Message-ID: <59B29AC1-2D40-40DA-978A-2229D7D79760@macmic.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <z4GdT2tl-TZ0qiqA02ZCDp3ItogSzS4QyJ3J8RrhH6Q0lPSz0imSpZMsj3f5_v-wCfepI0zDEvvdwazF0cyx5qI4RipRNTAfLPsyK9U9yAY=@protonmail.com> References: <74UxFOyQuHBLyuc75iDWBJXa12pEz1GDKt5gjzANOROa01XLPtZWYLPgEptA1PajEIsKGa05Nwa5Yr6aAhqHQa-Ee0AyVKqtygPWQZBpqMI=@protonmail.com> <HTUtRQ-sk5N1AQxixeyypo-jvG7T8I5cIt9bJja2qsLuQ8zuz7uuXjKv1AFwpw5VbbzmyhObcSKKvKMh0l1GNKoQjkfzSncDyqNJBYkSChw=@protonmail.com> <z4GdT2tl-TZ0qiqA02ZCDp3ItogSzS4QyJ3J8RrhH6Q0lPSz0imSpZMsj3f5_v-wCfepI0zDEvvdwazF0cyx5qI4RipRNTAfLPsyK9U9yAY=@protonmail.com>
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> On 22. Sep 2018, at 16:46, Koakuma via freebsd-ppc = <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> 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~ <koachan@protonmail.com> = 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 > <dmesg.boot>_______________________________________________ > 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"
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