From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 02:58:59 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39DAC2E1 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:58:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asp.reflexion.net (outbound-241.asp.reflexion.net [69.84.129.241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E51DCDFA for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:58:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 32000 invoked from network); 19 Dec 2014 02:58:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-cs-01.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.19.1) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 19 Dec 2014 02:58:35 -0000 Received: by mail-cs-01.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v7.30.7) with SMTP; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:58:01 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 25541 invoked from network); 19 Dec 2014 02:58:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 19 Dec 2014 02:58:01 -0000 X-No-Relay: not in my network X-No-Relay: not in my network Received: from [192.168.1.8] (c-67-189-19-145.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.189.19.145]) by iron2.pdx.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 177001C4052; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:58:50 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1 PPC64 on XServe G5 hangs at Openfirmware Loader [likely an example of a long standing problem] From: Mark Millard In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:58:55 -0800 Message-Id: References: To: Bill Sorenson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:58:59 -0000 Also for my non-XServe context: buildworld, kernel, installworld from = source always worked for every 10.x-STABLE that I tried it with (up to = known, intermittent boot-time issues on PowerMac G5s). 10.1-RELEASE too. = (I've not tried 10.1-STABLE yet.) The same for using the .txz files and = MANIFEST file with "bsdinstall auto" to create media from an already = working FreeBSD powerpc64 context. (I've updated a couple of different ways: using the .txz files and = MANIFEST file with "bsdinstall auto" vs. svn based. I normally use svn = based these days both both were reliable whenever I've tried them.) But to get powerpc64 started I used 10.0-RELEASE's .iso as I remember. = After that for .iso's I just was checking if the .iso status had = changed. (Summarizing much history: It was my first FreeBSD use.) The powerpc (non-64) .iso's work fine in the same PowerMac G5s but I = wanted to allow the G5's to use the extra memory that was in place. (But = that extra memory may be tied to the powerpc64's intermittent boot-time = issues for PowerMac G5s. I've never tried <=3D 4GB but others have = reported the extra memory as required to see the intermittent boot = problems.) =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net On Dec 18, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Bill Sorenson = wrote: I can confirm that 10.1-RELENG and 10-STABLE will boot at least an = XServe G5 when built from source on a running 10.0-RELEASE install. = Problem appears specific to the iso from what I can tell. Although I've = been wrong before. I'm not sure how the isos are generated in the = release process so no idea if it makes sense.=20 -Bill S.