From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 15:31:48 2004 Return-Path: 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 1E7F416A4CF for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:31:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B234843D2F for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:31:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from refugee@segfaulted.com) Received: from [192.168.0.75] (pcp06588398pcs.nrockv01.md.comcast.net[69.140.29.60]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004030923314601100jpafve>; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 23:31:47 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v612) In-Reply-To: References: <40463F8E.000003.54621@LIFE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Suleiman Souhlal Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:31:45 -0500 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.612) Subject: Re: PPC port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 23:31:48 -0000 Hi Anthony, On Mar 9, 2004, at 5:36 PM, Anthony Chavez wrote: > I've been interested in running FreeBSD/ppc on my 17" PowerBook G4---in > multi-user mode, of course. Is this possible at this point, or am I > just fantasizing? ;-) It works properly on my 15" Powerbook, and most (non-X) ports I have tried seem to be working. However, the keyboard doesn't work yet, as there is no driver for ADB. Also, it sometimes panics under heavy IO load. Other than that, it's fine, and progress is being made. Later, Suleiman Souhlal