From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 22:01:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD15D106566B for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:01:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu (agogare.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E0DB8FC08 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:01:27 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LFJ00806RUENO00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:01:26 -0600 (CST) Received: from anacreon.physics.wisc.edu (anacreon.physics.wisc.edu [128.104.160.176]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LFJ002ILRUD9B20@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:01:25 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:01:25 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <20110124225757.fd6a4b4f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Message-id: <4D3DF6B5.3080307@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-11, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.1.24.215415, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 References: <20110123003845.053726a7.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110124223642.7e12d3a5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110124225757.fd6a4b4f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD powerpc; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110104 Thunderbird/3.1.7 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerMac G5 and FreeBSD 9.0-current: no disks? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:01:27 -0000 On 01/24/11 15:57, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Another question: shouldn't the 'nvram' command work? > root@kg-g5# nvram -p > nvram: /dev/powermac_nvram: No such file or directory > root@kg-g5# kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 1 0x100000 a29b1c kernel > root@kg-g5# kldload powermac_nvram > kldload: can't load powermac_nvram: File exists > root@kg-g5# nvram -p > nvram: /dev/powermac_nvram: No such file or directory > > dmidecode isn't for powerpc arch, is therer something else like that > for powerpc? > > Oh, and in case anyone wonders: > root@kg-g5# uname -a > FreeBSD kg-g5.kg4.no 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #119 r217462M: Sat > Jan 15 16:05:38 CST 2011 > root@comporellon.tachypleus.net:/usr/obj/powerpc.powerpc/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc You nvram chip appears to be unsupported. You can use ofwdump to get something kind of like dmidecode. In answer to your earlier question, SMP isn't in GENERIC on powerpc, so you'll need to build a new kernel with that option to get both CPUs online. -Nathan