Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:49:51 -0600 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: "N. S. Montanaro" <nsmon@protonmail.ch> Cc: "freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hardware support for PowerMac G5 11,2 Message-ID: <CAHSQbTDqkaRVd3yT=eEmD6wANyB31uncSjn1zRv1NzkfrN2CYQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <UOIAt4dEewbyQL0Fzn2k4iUT5aSUaRHVEwKYNzB45aWwSR4rrDegQ2yqPBsWVdbhunaYOZ-N7N2oGE-lWV_emxNr2Lwcaw8yTD96JHYYs_Y=@protonmail.ch> References: <UOIAt4dEewbyQL0Fzn2k4iUT5aSUaRHVEwKYNzB45aWwSR4rrDegQ2yqPBsWVdbhunaYOZ-N7N2oGE-lWV_emxNr2Lwcaw8yTD96JHYYs_Y=@protonmail.ch>
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 2:18 PM, N. S. Montanaro via freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I recently came into possession of a PowerMac G5 quad-core with liquid cooling. Since OS X 10.4 and 10.5 are a bit dated I'm hoping to run FreeBSD instead. > > Does 11.1 support the hardware for this particular model? Specifically, I was unsure if the liquid cooling system would need support on the OS level, or if that is handled by OpenFirmware. > > Thanks. Yes, 11.1 does support the G5 11,2. I have the DC 2.3GHz which works really well. The liquid cooling system will show up as another fan, and is managed via the powermac_thermal driver. - Justin
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