Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 22:46:20 +0100 From: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org> To: Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recent problems with PowerMac G5 64 bit USB Message-ID: <A0A1E77E-FC42-4C5B-A751-E773CCF8629D@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <DE03B1C4-1E3A-4F13-A402-7C353A98F3E1@bangj.com> References: <DE03B1C4-1E3A-4F13-A402-7C353A98F3E1@bangj.com>
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> On 9. Dec 2018, at 22:26, Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com> wrote: >=20 > I dusted off a PowerMac dual CPU G5 the other day to do some Big = Endian Rust debugging. I first tried a Lubuntu 16.04 install image but = after installing, I couldn=E2=80=99t get it to boot. yaboot would run = and give me a menu to choose linux but when I selected it, it just = returned to the mac boot menu. I think they got the open firmware boot = command wrong but I can=E2=80=99t figure out what they are calling since = it goes by so fast.=20 >=20 > So then I tried various version of FreeBSD with lots of issues: >=20 > Version arch status > 12.0RC3 powerpc64 USB errors prevented = keyboard from working so couldn=E2=80=99t configure it > 11.2 powerpc64 kernel panic on boot > 11.2stable20181203 powerpc64 kernel panic on boot > 11.1 powerpc64 kernel panic on boot > 11.0 powerpc64 installed ok but portsnap = couldn=E2=80=99t fetch/extract ports >=20 > 11.2 powerpc booted and installed ok. No = pkgs. portsnap fetch/extract ok >=20 > So, I=E2=80=99m sure there=E2=80=99s no reason to open bugs on much of = this but it does seem odd that 11.2 release images don=E2=80=99t boot = and 11.2 stable images don=E2=80=99t boot. >=20 > I=E2=80=99m happy to just use 12.0 and so I=E2=80=99m planning on just = opening up a bug report on the USB issues there. >=20 > Anyone else seeing this on 64-bit? Try booting with SMP disabled. You can do that at the boot loader prompt = and if that works, you can add an entry to /boot/loader.conf. This get 12 or head working for me (with one CPU) on two dual CPU G5s. Best regards Michael >=20 > Thanks, > Tom >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > 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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