Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:39:49 -0500 From: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> To: Julio Merino <julio@meroh.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how many users of FreeBSD 12 do we have on powerpc? Message-ID: <0e5c474b-7fce-0846-f03b-7dfa695e82a5@blastwave.org> In-Reply-To: <CADyfeQX9iRdoGOaKUg5H65jtTk-D_tbqYgJ4G4kuockv2SbdpA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20210210223920.GA31353@lonesome.com> <d872ddc8-5366-4e8d-dd8f-5a9c872cbfad@neo-zeon.de> <CAOpTx7GkFh6v4i334g3nTHK3XXkDn6Z_5SYYYoj%2BZn4zo0Qj3Q@mail.gmail.com> <MWHPR17MB1021E4012D07A3EDF9B90128C18B9@MWHPR17MB1021.namprd17.prod.outlook.com> <72c3d9eb-12c1-4a3c-9a0a-6646e3a755fd@www.fastmail.com> <98a48c56-f350-9858-7924-4405197fcaf0@blastwave.org> <CADyfeQX9iRdoGOaKUg5H65jtTk-D_tbqYgJ4G4kuockv2SbdpA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2/12/21 11:43 PM, Julio Merino wrote:
> 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.
How did you do the install? My quad G5 is in a screaming fan loop right
now. The installer seems to boot up fine to a point where sata devices
are being discovered. Then the screaming fans begin.
>
> (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.)
OKay. So what you are saying is that the beta2 is broken still on these
old machines. Got it.
I will try :
set debug.rman_debug=1
set debug.verbose_sysinit=1
set usefdt=1
and then boot -v per Bug 238730 which was "fixed".
See https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238730
Also if you are curious :
https://beta.genunix.com/freebsd/ppc64/freebsd_13.0_beta2_fans_screaming_20210213002813.jpg
At this point the only option is to hit the power button and give
a try at some boot options. Just for the sake of trying.
--
Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
GreyBeard and suspenders optional
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