Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:13:08 +0300 From: Jukka Ukkonen <jau789@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 11.2-RC3 powerpc CD image does not boot on PowerMac G4 Message-ID: <53F068E6-816A-4CEC-AD92-DC9D5E717456@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c5d687cd-cc09-fa15-9e46-216a8f264146@freebsd.org> References: <dc927eb2-66e3-98f3-f994-590d0fd3896f@gmail.com> <b8522d23-2ae0-e80c-170e-61e1300f5137@freebsd.org> <509952F5-1E4A-4FA0-8C78-567EC9089827@gmail.com> <c5d687cd-cc09-fa15-9e46-216a8f264146@freebsd.org>
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Broken SMP sounds like a plausible explanation. I don’t have the foggiest idea, though, what sort of changes have been done in the 11.x code and what to look for. --jau > On 25 Jun 2018, at 18.41, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Maybe it's the 32-bit SMP stuff? I certainly have not tried running a 32-bit SMP system in a long time -- has anyone else? All the SMP focus lately has been on 64-bit systems. The timing sounds like about when it would spin up your secondary CPU. > -Nathan > >> On 06/25/18 08:38, Jukka Ukkonen wrote: >> PowerMac G4 QuickSilver, Jan-Aug 2002. >> 2 CPUs, PowerPC 7455 rev 2.1 @1GHz >> 1 GiB memory >> >> The system goes south so hard there is no panic message. >> The display just goes black for half a minute or so and then >> a reboot. >> >> --jau >> >> >>> On 25 Jun 2018, at 18.11, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> Do you have any more information on this? Model number, panic message, etc.? It seems to work fine on other hardware. >>> -Nathan >>> >>>> On 06/22/18 06:42, Jukka A. Ukkonen wrote: >>>> >>>> The 11.2-RC3 powerpc CD image does not boot on PowerMac G4. >>>> It crashes during the kernel autoconfigure phase and tries >>>> to reboot. >>>> It is plain obvious that nobody has tested booting 11.2 ppc >>>> at all before something related to booting and early autoconfig >>>> activities has been committed. The last release which I know to >>>> boot properly on PowerMac G4 is 10.4. >>>> >>>> --jau >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >help
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