From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 09:56:21 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 211F1D41 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:56:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asp.reflexion.net (outbound-240.asp.reflexion.net [69.84.129.240]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B25F61292 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 17225 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2014 09:56:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-cs-03.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.19.3) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 8 Sep 2014 09:56:18 -0000 Received: by mail-cs-03.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v7.30.7) with SMTP; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:56:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 17801 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2014 09:56:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Sep 2014 09:56:17 -0000 X-No-Relay: not in my network Received: from [192.168.1.8] (c-98-246-178-138.hsd1.or.comcast.net [98.246.178.138]) by iron2.pdx.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 126821C402B for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 02:56:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Millard Subject: A PowerMac G4 that FreeBSD will not boot but Mac OS X 10.4 and Lubuntu 14.01 work with... Message-Id: Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 02:56:16 -0700 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:56:21 -0000 I have access to one PowerMac G4 (the 733 MHz Digital Audio variant) = that FreeBSD 10.x will not boot but Mac OS X 10.4 and lubuntu 14.01 boot = and work fine with. (I've not tested FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT or 9.x-???? = but I have tried a few vintages of 10.0 since last April and now a = 10.1-PRERELEASE r270981.) The boot messages stop updating instead of outputting the first ada0 = message. As far as I can tell this is too early for me to capture the text. So = I'll use similar text from a 466 MHz PowerMac G4 that does boot for = illustration. ... Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: uhub1: on usbus1 Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self = powered Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self = powered Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ugen1.2: at usbus1 Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ums0: on usbus1 Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ums0: 4 buttons and [XYZW] coordinates = ID=3D0 Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun = 0 Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ada0: = Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device=20 Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: cd0: 16.700MB/s transfers (WDMA2, ATAPI = 12bytes, PIO 65534bytes) Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: cd0: Attempt to query device size = failed: NOT READY, Medium not present Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: WC Mercury Electra 3G SSD 541ABBF0> = ATA-8 SATA 2.x device Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ada0: Serial Number ***DELETED*** Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ada0: 66.700MB/s transfers (UDMA4, PIO = 512bytes) Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ada0: 114473MB (234441648 512 byte = sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) Sep 8 01:30:22 FBSDG4S0 kernel: ada0: Previously was known as ad0 ... As far as I can tell all the USB devices are listed on the display if I = vary what is plugged in from boot attempt to boot attempt. But after = that it stops without the "ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0" = message each time (or any more messages). I will note that cd0 is not a = MATSHITA in the 733 MHz PowerMac. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net