Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:14:42 -0800 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Old PowerMacs, Giant, and stable/13 branch and other futures: What is the intent? Message-ID: <BD9AC70D-A86F-4F94-A313-B8BA376BA083@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <0951FC29-33B6-406C-A10C-F61B0BF2CD1C@yahoo.com> References: <0951FC29-33B6-406C-A10C-F61B0BF2CD1C@yahoo.com>
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On 2021-Jan-12, at 13:11, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> wrote: > PowerMac G5's and G4's with not much in them or connected to them = report: >=20 > WARNING: Device "openfirm" is Giant locked and may be deleted before = FreeBSD 13.0. > WARNING: Device "kbd" is Giant locked and may be deleted before = FreeBSD 13.0. >=20 > There is also, using and example G4 that I have access to, >=20 > WARNING: Device "agp" is Giant locked and may be deleted before = FreeBSD 13.0. > WARNING: Device "consolectl" is Giant locked and may be deleted before = FreeBSD 13.0. >=20 > There could be more than I'm reporting. Such warnings are from > post-git-conversion builds that I've done (given the lack of > artifacts.ci.freebsd.org materials to test with). >=20 > The 13 "Code slush" started on 2021-Jan-08. stable/13 is scheduled > to branch on 2021-Jan-22. >=20 > What is the intended status for these old powerc64 and 32-bit > powerpc machines, given that the Giant use still exists? Intended > status for 13? For 14? >=20 > (There may be other types of issues that I'm not thinking of > as well.) >=20 It turns out that the below was apparently dealt with in 13-CURRENT's -r362406 ( 37f530582dc5 ). > Another that used to happen on both G5's and G4's that I have/had > access to: >=20 > WARNING: Device "powermac_nvram" is Giant locked and may be deleted = before FreeBSD 13.0. >=20 > I'm unsure if this one is modal in some way and it I happen to > be using a mode that avoided the usage. (I do not normally run an > unpatched FreeBSD on old PowerMacs as well.) >=20 powermac_nvram had its Giant lock use removed/replaced, no modal issue is involved. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com ( dsl-only.net went away in early 2018-Mar)
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