Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:06:32 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ppc64 snapshot Message-ID: <s2tfd9cd3451004070806h27d8bf53lc3d85e2414beb2c0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BBB8B35.6010303@freebsd.org> References: <g2kfd9cd3451004041522pec1d3740l7e3551284b619b5@mail.gmail.com> <4BBB6DC0.3030808@freebsd.org> <k2vfd9cd3451004061219qcad35f53ocb2ed3b45ddab263@mail.gmail.com> <4BBB8B35.6010303@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>wrote: > Justin Hibbits wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org<mailto: >> nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>> wrote: >> >> Justin Hibbits wrote: >> >> I just got my hands on a dual-core G5 (Late 2005), and want to >> throw >> -CURRENT on it. Is there a snapshot available with the recent >> ppc64 changes >> that I could test out? >> >> - Justin >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> >> >> mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org >> <mailto:freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" >> >> >> I just finished implementing the last missing feature in the >> 64-bit PowerPC port, and there are no more 64-bit-specific bugs >> that I know about. Once M. Warner Losh's build system changes are >> in the tree, I will submit a final patch set for review, and merge >> it to head, but the port should be completely usable at this point. >> >> System Compatibility: >> - Apple G5 machines >> >> Caveats: >> - Do not run ofwdump on an SMP system, as it can cause hangs (also >> a 32-bit bug) >> - Many ports (e.g. X and GTK) need patches not currently in the >> ports tree to compile, since this is a new platform >> >> Instructions: >> svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/projects/ppc64 >> cd ppc64 >> make buildworld buildkernel installkernel installworld >> distribution DESTDIR=/path/to/installation TARGET_ARCH=powerpc64 >> >> I would appreciate any feedback or tests, as well as testing on >> 32-bit Book-E systems to make sure I did not break anything. Many >> thanks to Andreas Tobler for his tireless testing efforts during >> development of this port. >> -Nathan >> >> >> This is awesome. I'm building it now to test (at least what I can, >> without the U4 attachment). >> > You might want to svn up. My last IFC accidentally pulled in a > work-in-progress bit of the Playstation 3 loader, which broke the build. > That is fixed now. > > Will those ports build and work correctly if built as ppc32, rather than >> ppc64? >> > I don't know about the X server, but everything else should. The patch to > the X server, however, is just to edit Makefile and have it apply the same > hacks it already applies on PPC32 for PPC64. > > In general, the same caveats apply to 32-bit compatibility on PPC as on > amd64. The compatibility on PPC is actually a little better (cc -m32 works), > but things are similar beyond that. > -Nathan > Nathan- Looks like a bug crept into the sys/modules makefile. This patch fixes it. - Justin [-- Attachment #2 --] Index: sys/modules/Makefile =================================================================== --- sys/modules/Makefile (revision 206276) +++ sys/modules/Makefile (working copy) @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ zlib \ .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "powerpc" && ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "powerpc64" && \ - && ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "arm" && ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "mips" + ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "arm" && ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "mips" _syscons= syscons _vpo= vpo .endifhelp
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