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(dclarke@blastwave.org@174.118.245.214) by 0 with ESMTPA; 6 Mar 2019 23:27:53 -0000 Subject: Re: Mac G5 and XServe G5 support To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org References: <966736134.9036.1551866362184@office.mailbox.org> From: Dennis Clarke Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Autocrypt: addr=dclarke@blastwave.org; keydata= mQINBFxoSrYBEAC1M5KicBVclSHf6d81rxTQYgFhIMhNxekNQgNsB39lCWcq3zSZi75Rflb0 Q74b+lIjBi7a5XygweXgFINPNVLpknrG8y7jA/8jrKqVy5qQ/7Mw/uVou4culndNOkXwNyW9 WTNoAzAtKlDEmzIX/pfaqrulAP8se3ci9vqXInIHpRHZithrrvAsWQWuhC200PYvBlA/Vmv6 3UxV26LVa1uNYgJSgiBbCI9VTv14YSnFRG6WWXTRmVksJMiNY7fZnKGNhFkrcnGxVqVKnCgj enG67ms6uwzhkfa/F1C3BPljb5WcApJwph/Iaq+7EpVD6DmE1xYP6pgqFX4yW5MVRMn6XaIR rbkP90CodrCOTedyrB1E7N8xNZKX+sUwWBnfqv7n8rBGnlNzo2GOBHVxqw7EGYoQItlHDmhx deOOgq6VmmL1kZn4D+5BLUw/w2SljDqXpdF/Gnm3WXGe+ooBGcoMXeiqv+4PM5k11CIBLjRK p2cD51upwccFILPDF8Wipy8t6Oc+ToLz80zb5kiBR9dggORbPr4WHCt7VS4s24mAX7wBQ/EB ePRUykvES3WJLuRBdFAPtXBc9m/q0gzU9iPx3eIm8u2SbO7kUMBESexeBpJ8cIfJ7/LX2LV8 UoWxfJieklheUPZtOA06pyMcb37/A/HZNMOUYh83TKVCnv7FxwARAQABtCVEZW5uaXMgQ2xh cmtlIDxkY2xhcmtlQGJsYXN0d2F2ZS5vcmc+iQJOBBMBCAA4FiEE1j0Rv6qd1s9jGqtWj5Fg Cl9xztwFAlxoSrYCGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQj5FgCl9xztz1Bg/+ KIyWqzrWfTexJ0+9S0EhCNwkb8aCaGKde+dqiqTFFobS5UWphhAtMtLnU4tZG2K+GPIBnMpC 6tC5gxB4TppgcGzqRNle4CjY4Lt7SQs23V+hbTZJLDwlBWbbuqDIvkNiO1pFuaHGNJVYaQ5y qlm156/Y+GmarfVGbVhjelRq3DjDwTcdo1J36UUo3GS8/g1uXX84Va71nAeyivtzwNbU18F4 Bcbmo7fMS0nBUmEqJJWftjmz2ihP1opz2HOEzv9q7uU8q3yfg1pweT8Zscx+Y5dtUd3d4dRL iXJxm2Z2dVcWabMmlhOnLqhPaf39WjKkxr2mHiYN2sUJ5S6yKUM6HKVM7ZE/1HRYo1OZgsEC PQka65hK36ezldtQplKcGlG7DjIW3Vi1BK6o70/7Hvdyfqdeft3qY1bs8BcHfNyan/DBGgTe 34eGnqqU+YY0mRTCpukbC2/MYYEYdeS9/RYiwCf1Tn8x232iVpX6wYx8+L8Nb3QEkTNM3VP0 ArAoF1EE9RZ2jLBV9g+vKRRiatPN8pGMv9on0pO6HhAp19Db4owW/pcgsAXsLS/mjjkxo1Br Gu0shJZ6o6SqDfMpfdNyUVdzvAgAUwWtdSXlgXpn6oCn7B7YhEkj+jQ9p8Y398o9YAybe70v 7GLkZqcPkCv9GQ3Cw5a+i/FNm4JCDeD99ZC5Ag0EXGhKtgEQAMZCBzuT2z/PWurlNcc/ChFy 4sRHrDXL/pwGOy9Ue0s/busdKxPWomOMbFA4PIILaxrT0L1w6xb1Svj2CgYbhSDsW12SdqsA C5MrqQi/j5S/H4rEsZt8nsSbSx6JF+tP5x0i14zG2GXv7+DjxrDMfFThejeEeIcHU//Ip1MQ CF7uGv4ug3WUSKHR7wVTceq5T3oR9kLguszBhavyJZrYte6r0TDG0GdFAGQMAau4FcHsOHyf 46Gx66rGoWmgH+938kodF71d7a0FXpUUI9RAhL1MepR78QkyjGTocBKRbrcXZPO8ya9/Tcmp fRxlJNeMM9TQKND3GYSzZrsYWdmXPdx18R0rzfBOCdDPUjVJhcV9AbeH4EApDPxjDSADQ0X9 SmSoMd27MjU8rFG+Mfu0gbK/OG4kPga/2MO5lU3sublv0PMYcsQqYOcqSBDxBdkAZMDFt376 lCSxau0Ijj2bb49ippjjH6gQU5iA6ASLSFN8AWs80dVeIUt964RAc/XY8QAW621Qe6OaSqh3 M+Umdf38Cc6qySjphSEF6i+YQ1FlbmK09yyEEpDuaFejgRXXaMxj6sF+b/g4JTqxlHDEc9Nd 8+L/zrtPkUXWAss9a8jtm5hGquc37EjyZyLr+35dtyEJBJ2o0G9Len2F9+mfDdRRKJAiqqLL 3JxHKFTZ4cShABEBAAGJAjYEGAEIACAWIQTWPRG/qp3Wz2Maq1aPkWAKX3HO3AUCXGhKtgIb DAAKCRCPkWAKX3HO3MYdEACW614cKJJT9/M2wPyYecKj+KR5tv+oTdGdcZl87mG47XWn4fKI kpyTR9EGVHGbSbrCyG8qMvz+vhe+Aj9SbJ4ccr+1KIaNkBcACOSJdU2UC2sqOBxckki0ArbB ds3efHBaAEKCZv4Qfj5sHILLkImaCtR+FjvP0fr5ankJkbOeucqgxPmkKJxFBgiotWQxPp59 Sl5uzNGeLPBmkleYQMQFAOK6Yhrgsh35AmYNgNoPR6KWsfaIh9BPgEOOxc3Zl99fsZogbt1U 2YUj7L0nCa5s1AMTftZDTBsqZyotDO8/TpwSEC0EOHvcg/GAj+ocMgVPTHaTrgCV2Yy2lCVG u1Mu2T7zsCRMDJNvhC7LA3Qo8Fdc7SFJekr7TllTWB4mbQyYj9/vjQINxoKZV6v7Yfw/rYcm xY2fVsSdxZFvDIM/VRryQpoqzPv9YQrDVWDEb139NtvrNEeUnIXv+cRBKFMBxQ0PIHDkwNAb cmXY5/R58QiqnGE23je0WQNg+iBrbJN9P7inp178m6j9SFor+5pW567vYakASRQn5GPqHqt9 fRQvz5E3aa8xDscR6Gs9HQAhsA5kDqvH/XxQRD7Y1jG9T73WMlS6j928qHfMwQ6EvNuIQwqN PToVd6cMhrTJKE5gUVLVs9Oa81zr/5pNCKJ9upm6cU349JNDO/SDKSTtLA== Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 18:27:52 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.5.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <966736134.9036.1551866362184@office.mailbox.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 0517576638 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.97 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.97)[-0.972,0] 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: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:28:47 -0000 On 3/6/19 4:59 AM, Sergio Carlavilla wrote: > Hi, > > I want to know how is the state of FreeBSD in Mac G5 and XServe G5. > Support all the hardware? > > I checked the wiki page https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc but I don't finded anything specific to Mac G5 and XServe G5 hardware support. > You can install FreeBSD 12 on a PowerMac G5 quad unit without too much trouble if ( and only if ) you know how to tell the loader to insert a few variables such as usefdt=1 and kern.smp.disabled=1 just to get it to boot. After install you may build the current sources for the kernel and the whole buildworld for that matter. That all works and I have done it over and over. You may even get all four cores running. However this is all somewhat similar to having a 1937 Plymouth car in your garage and tinkering on it. Hardly modern in even the most thin sense of the word. But it works fine. -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional