From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 19 00:38:03 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 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53682CB7 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:38:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x22d.google.com (mail-oa0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 170B31E7B for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:38:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f45.google.com with SMTP id i11so1363499oag.32 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:38:02 -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=RfbPMqmP5CGZJ61u709l490KaT6PFdF9DGN85fBnAUs=; b=hhVaDz5mAjUSlN7njhreCKRJlcgC2omYpBqlxq+InGI6HkGR3kywJj+M42JQz1x+xv PFMPg1PigXUuTBb4hiGdF7vGT43dio1XkSuv2uQKDz/XAy8VYBSESHXY7TxuP90+Xuk2 P7+Zu8KZ5W6REwoW6PaXjo6Zkl55Xhv4XDPI4zk15FcRzK611xMvWSU330QlC2Sylsbv GaOa2QdM5pGWOONyOXJztFPCzMAM5PMdK9uY7aqdpdNbKKxPyZaR9XJVJW3fPfAKZiu5 zbwbj/0oIorRRXp9wOveJvdD3+wMPKb49Rij+SvdYJnJYwzZR50kLEMwpLk89r6qgWpY WZJQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.246.139 with SMTP id xw11mr8669185oec.36.1390091882243; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:38:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.87.3 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:38:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.87.3 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:38:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20140118162706.1ff7435a@zhabar.gateway.2wire.net> References: <20140118162706.1ff7435a@zhabar.gateway.2wire.net> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:38:02 -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: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:38:03 -0000 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 > > > >