Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:32:19 -0700 From: Chris Tucker <capa150@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: BM ethernet driver for Mac PowerPC blue and white G3. Message-ID: <CAPsZW0i49-N61PagXUnaPbpvcoVqNePwToBZJRw1%2BaBfWsWswA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hello I'm trying out FreeBSD 13.2 on my blue and white G3 Macintosh. I read that FreeBSD 13.0 dropped BM0 / BMAC / BM ethernet driver support, which is the ethernet the blue and white uses. How might I reinstall this driver? I tried adding "if_bm_load="YES"" to /boot/loader.conf and restarted but I saw on the openfirmware boot screen: "can't find 'if_bm'" when I rebooted. dmesg has no mention of bm, ethernet, etc. I'd try building a custom kernel but as it happens the hdd I'm using at the moment is a spare 2.3GB drive which isn't large enough to install the src files into during the install process. (big enough for a basic install tho, so freebsd is running on the mac.) I could use a larger hdd but that would involve backing up all the data I have on that drive. I wanted to see if there's an alternative before taking that course. Thanks! Chris. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr">Hello<div><br></div><div>I'm trying out FreeBSD 13.2 on my blue and white G3 Macintosh.</div><div><br></div><div>I read that FreeBSD 13.0 dropped BM0 / BMAC / BM ethernet driver support, which is the ethernet the blue and white uses.</div><div><br></div><div>How might I reinstall this driver?</div><div><br></div><div>I tried adding "if_bm_load="YES"" to /boot/loader.conf and restarted but I saw on the openfirmware boot screen: "can't find 'if_bm'" when I rebooted.</div><div><br></div><div>dmesg has no mention of bm, ethernet, etc. </div><div><br></div><div>I'd try building a custom kernel but as it happens the hdd I'm using at the moment is a spare 2.3GB drive which isn't large enough to install the src files into during the install process. (big enough for a basic install tho, so freebsd is running on the mac.)</div><div><br></div><div>I could use a larger hdd but that would involve backing up all the data I have on that drive. I wanted to see if there's an alternative before taking that course.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris.</div></div>home | help
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