From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Sat Feb 13 04:44:08 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2685353E964 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 04:44:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julio@meroh.net) Received: from mail-qk1-x72e.google.com (mail-qk1-x72e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::72e]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DcySR2PtTz3DRK for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 04:44:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julio@meroh.net) Received: by mail-qk1-x72e.google.com with SMTP id t63so1754084qkc.1 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:44:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=meroh.net; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=W92xZfsqwhwWEXr/52t8U3qP9pbvEs/cQb6qPdjYQUA=; b=Wd9R9JwjIY8cryZHdILH9UthuzBrIqHj299TGhlt0gjj2Ch7hMMKH1BoCM0jz//9t0 U8tIkQXYPWJMi9NpMX4AiCBZAhi7uujKSq7ViWKJMC0QPf1rvzp/5j9MNm6GBwLWSG9l E/z1c4ensA0ioz4r6QJnQpkg8W8hhwqfV+2+/Krb5CcFCts6afAatJcbnzkCbXQsZKwc UseZoa+ykXaULhyKIyXPvTSgY1XxFOVHcQQG11+K8GibTx/D5wIEZ3jA4lhWY7dls2nx LZew33Grnah1h0U6ZmCLtS5fJu9EirfYpWENAAiJurPUL6LUiAyYeGzisEKvF0CycyQA 4ayA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=W92xZfsqwhwWEXr/52t8U3qP9pbvEs/cQb6qPdjYQUA=; b=p0h0yfuShq1qKED3ELLClVwdtGAk8N+Vg80cR4BEIzrEft3i93v2PuP+JdVQR5LMKP 0KfMda+WroUet7XVpjgtapl5OgBhGNwP+rdPENRebWIKiShcpoSKnXhbYKA3YPpXFHvB bou+Hbx5W3wScc81l4Dfekz/4dVnytgt8zrILs7vdvgLRwaGD+G/yNFg9JGq3v8f3oyP udIwMhcd/m6r+XaDhP/XKKO4PyOSRpJCHpat+huzBh5x3Fr+xIniIvsBBXptmEhBt6g3 +mpV85/pCUnndvroIRVi0CjlHW7VQSKwXqka8NsgB+7umSgIGy8QSntH8cv/U6Oqt1jX A9zw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532USwP26uUpoWbBc36m2w38Vy4OM59rMFucC/1zC3b5gGIJcTpT weBLbQeQqVqhWFPEKYmsZUaIOADZYJkyAFk7mjtpL2y/d+EKDA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz4SOQP6GM8AJlm/JejyuDbDgq0jW2TKh/ktiGonve68i7Jq6iega+rI/xRk2BE6qKMvf9wWnHnIAsQGKOuwBc= X-Received: by 2002:a37:bf04:: with SMTP id p4mr1534765qkf.459.1613191445668; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:44:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210210223920.GA31353@lonesome.com> <72c3d9eb-12c1-4a3c-9a0a-6646e3a755fd@www.fastmail.com> <98a48c56-f350-9858-7924-4405197fcaf0@blastwave.org> In-Reply-To: <98a48c56-f350-9858-7924-4405197fcaf0@blastwave.org> From: Julio Merino Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:43:54 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: how many users of FreeBSD 12 do we have on powerpc? To: Dennis Clarke Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DcySR2PtTz3DRK X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=meroh.net header.s=google header.b=Wd9R9Jwj; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of julio@meroh.net designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::72e as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=julio@meroh.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.50 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::72e:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[meroh.net:s=google]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[meroh.net]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::72e:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[meroh.net:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::72e:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-ppc] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 04:44:08 -0000 On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 8:10 PM Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc < freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 2/12/21 9:03 AM, Brandon Bergren wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Damon Zwolinski wrote: > >> I have three G5s that are still on 10. I use CDs/DVDs to install and I > >> don't think I could get 12 to work that way. I'll try 13 this weekend. > >> > >> - d > > > > Make sure and do it with -BETA2 when it's out instead of using an > earlier version -- there was a bug introduced in December that was only > recently fixed that broke boot on G5, and -BETA2 will be the first version > to contain the fix. > > > > The images should hopefully be available sometime today. > > > > I am about to jump on this. Thank you. Do we still need to do some > fiddling at boot with kern.smp.disabled=1 and/or set usefdt=1 ? > > I seem to recall something odd about the old PowerMac G5 units not > allowing multiple processor cores. > I just upgraded my dual-processor G5 to 13-BETA2 and it's working well without any workarounds like the one you describe. (I do get occasional freezes though which I haven't been able to pinpoint, which seem to happen soon after boot sometimes. But they also happened with 12.2, so no surprises there.) I'm just now missing the prebuilt packages this thread was asking about. Maybe I should have waited a little bit to upgrade! -- jmmv.dev