From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 21 20:34:50 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 677113E7 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:34:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x230.google.com (mail-oa0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A65B1657 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:34:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id l6so4972047oag.21 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:34:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=NuMBYX4SjErnq3IagHXgfofzsAYTTFjaHEna/m/pRwU=; b=bt3ksOWJLtnEMEvZBAfPU5K7Ub0b+MkHV1eyiJ7v6QQZdGNePxP1gVgcnDM3X55sin 2TAhk81eNMoEv7xWQiFfU1immil0JKtYxcz9Rc1pgX+3WR2NOgogvpgioCNnMqS6lSAi 5YndXE4r8e5NcIM+YvtEymu5Vi5KuPvIFHiU2A4AmEB25VA3r1yRbi/QAq6U5uriStRT eS+Xa2atWcP17Qh4B4wFErDNAUXRBf1AiOqQQwoepSODucKfn3YqQOWAGMmc198UEoyE fqFgQvOOOd6iAfNV04cdQwYsGsnup5SpX/VmuQHc+ioWoVH9VZle6d/z5tNTCberbqd4 B5ow== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.112.130 with SMTP id iq2mr3497666obb.57.1390336489280; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:34:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.33.99 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:34:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20140118162706.1ff7435a@zhabar.gateway.2wire.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:34:49 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 From: Britt Dodd To: Justin Hibbits Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:34:50 -0000 Justin, Haven't forgotten about you. I really want to test this, but I have to teach myself FreeBSD. I come from the Gentoo/Linux side of things, so it's familiar, but completely different at the same time. Once I figure out how to build FreeBSD from inside of FreeBSD and get an ISO written, i'll test it out. BTW Once I have the powerbook up, I'll have three PPC machines that I can give jail access to for builds. I'll let everybody know (if interested) when I get them 100% setup On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Britt Dodd wrote: > Awesome! I've got it running on the G5 (Dual 2.3) and I'll load the G4 > XServe running tomorrow. > > Thank you for your contribution! I'm very excited to try it out > On Jan 18, 2014 7:27 PM, "Justin Hibbits" wrote: > >> Hi Britt, >> >> I have just committed a fix for this in head, r260872. I'll be MFCing >> it to stable/10 and stable/9 next week. Until then, you could try >> building a bootable CD on another machine, for head, and give it a go. >> >> - Justin >> >> On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:56:55 -0500 >> Britt Dodd wrote: >> >> > Excellent! If *anybody* needs ppc32/ppc64 testing or shell access for >> > compiling, please message me. >> > >> > Thanks Justin for your reply. Is this error present in 8.x releases? >> > Do you think I could run 8.x until the patch comes out, and then >> > somehow upgrade to 10.0-RC2+? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Justin Hibbits >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Hi Britt, >> > > >> > > On Jan 3, 2014 12:21 PM, "Britt Dodd" wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Good afternoon, >> > > > >> > > > I'd like to begin by saying that while I do have a bunch of x86 >> > > > systems, I'd also like to make (limited) use of powerpc hardware >> > > > -- mainly a Powerbook G4, an XServe G5 and a XServe G4 (it'll be >> > > > the 'garage mac'). >> > > > >> > > > OSX support died with 10.5. A bunch of Linux distros totally >> > > > dropped building for ppc/32. I'm starting to really get attached >> > > > to running >> > > FreeBSD >> > > > and would like to install it on my powerpc equipment. >> > > > >> > > > I attempted to load the LiveCD in my powerbook, and maybe 2 >> > > > seconds into bootup (with tty output on screen) the entire system >> > > > abruptly shuts off. >> > > > >> > > > Any hints? >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Britt >> > > >> > > I see this very issue, and I think it is caused by the PMU being >> > > initialized early, and not emptying the mailbox. I will be testing >> > > a patch in the next few weeks when I get time to tackle this, and >> > > hopefully a fix will be in soon. >> > > >> > > -Justin >> > > >> >