From owner-freebsd-ppc Sat Mar 8 0: 5:44 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38EFF37B401 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 00:05:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from gt3.OntheNet.com.au (nt.com.au [203.13.70.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A94E43FAF for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 00:05:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from freebsd.org (CPE-203-45-236-80.qld.bigpond.net.au [203.45.236.80]) by gt3.OntheNet.com.au (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2885krN071128; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 18:05:46 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <3E69AA67.6C94F8A3@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 18:31:35 +1000 From: Peter Grehan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-12 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rory Arms Cc: FreeBSD-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -CURRENT hardware support / willing to test References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Rory, > I used Peter Grehan's root & kernel system tarball, from his site > (dated Feb 26, I think), on my PowerMac G3 (Yosemite). I noticed it > failed when attempting to init grackle (as far as i can tell) and > dropped me to the kernel debugger. So, I assume that this machine still > isn't supported. The Blue & White G3's aren't yet supported. But, I have one and things are getting closer. > Currently, what hardware does powerpc -CURRENT, support? Is it only > Macs with the UMA-1 chipset and later models? I believe the chipset > came about with the advent of the Sawtooth motherboard. Are these the > only models supported currently? I tried it on my G3 Pro because I > thought I'd read somewhere on the mailing list archives that NewWorld > machines were supported. That was a bit optimistic. You are right in assuming that UMA-1 (Uninorth) based systems are supported. > I have several Macs to my disposal and am willing to test -CURRENT, now > that I have the system working over NFS, it would be very simple to do > so. I have a PowerMac G3 Pro (Yosemite), a PowerBook G3 Series > (Wallstreet,PDQ) and a PowerMac G4 (QuickSilver). The QuickSilver is your best bet. The Wallstreets are pretty horrible: OpenFirmware 2.0, so it will take a bit of work to get them supported. later, Peter. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message