From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Sun Dec 9 21:46:24 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D80CB1332019 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 21:46:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tuexen@freebsd.org) Received: from drew.franken.de (drew.ipv6.franken.de [IPv6:2001:638:a02:a001:20e:cff:fe4a:feaa]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.franken.de", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F41D7E3A9 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 21:46:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tuexen@freebsd.org) Received: from mb.fritz.box (pD9F971F2.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.249.113.242]) (Authenticated sender: macmic) by mail-n.franken.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2D8D6721E281E; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 22:46:21 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.2 \(3445.102.3\)) Subject: Re: recent problems with PowerMac G5 64 bit USB From: Michael Tuexen In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 22:46:20 +0100 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Tom Pusateri X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.102.3) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mail-n.franken.de X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 5F41D7E3A9 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.98 / 15.00]; local_wl_from(0.00)[freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.98)[-0.982,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:680, ipnet:2001:638::/32, country:DE] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:46:25 -0000 > On 9. Dec 2018, at 22:26, Tom Pusateri 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"