From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 17 13:38:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 111B11065678 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:38:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D867F8FC16 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:38:14 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0L4500606V7QPR00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:38:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.66.62]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0L45003NKV7HL930@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:38:06 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:38:04 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: To: Paul Mather Message-id: <4C1A253C.7040905@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.66.62 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-13, Version=5.5.9.395186, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2010.6.17.132416, SenderIP=76.210.66.62 References: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100407 Thunderbird/3.0.4 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1-RC1 fails to boot on iBook G4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:38:15 -0000 On 06/16/10 21:13, Paul Mather wrote: > I just tried to book the 8.1-RC1 disc1 ISO on an iBook G4 but it failed to boot into FreeBSD. I was left at the Open Firmware prompt. Is FreeBSD known not to work on an iBook G4? I was able to boot successfully into the FreeBSD installer using this same disc on a PowerBook G4. > That should work perfectly fine. I have a G4 iBook of the same model running FreeBSD. > Decrementer exception at %SRR0: 00100100 %SRR1: 10003030 > This is a very rare race during early initialization that happens on some machines and that no one has been able to track down. A timer seems to have gone off in the middle of the OF->kernel transition. It's possible that if you wait a different amount of time at the boot prompt it won't happen. -Nathan