From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 06:09:16 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 8BE09872 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:09:16 +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 1F162F97 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 16564 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2014 06:02:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-cs-04.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.19.4) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 18 Sep 2014 06:02:33 -0000 Received: by mail-cs-04.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v7.30.7) with SMTP; Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:02:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 30410 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2014 06:02:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 18 Sep 2014 06:02:04 -0000 X-No-Relay: not in my network X-No-Relay: not in my network 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 4B97B1C402B; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:01:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Millard Subject: 10.1-BETA1 PowerMac G4 (yes: 4) before-Copyright-notice boot hang with GeForce4 Ti 4600 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:01:58 -0700 Message-Id: To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML 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 Cc: Justin Hibbits 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: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:09:16 -0000 For FreeBSD 10.1-BETA1 the 1.4GHz Dual-processor PowerMac G4 (yep: 4) = with a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 in it always hangs after: > GDB: no debug ports present > KDB: debugger backends: DDB > KDB: current backend: DDB without writing out the Copyright notice or anything else. The same SSD boots an ATI Radeon 9000/PRO If (AGP/PCI) PowerMac G4 of = the same PowerMac model just fine. (I give uname -a and build details = later.) The same SSD also boots a PowerMac G5 with a GeForce 7800 GT = video board just fine. Other than the SSD, video board, and memory, = there is only basic stock equipment in the PowerMacs. The two G4's match = for those details as well: only the video boards are different models = and the amounts of RAM match. And my older 10.1-PRERELEASE #0 r271215 boot SSD still boots the GeForce = Ti 4600 PowerMac G4 just fine. While the place for the boot-hang is suggestive, I've nothing beyond = that indicating any relationship to the random PowerMac G5 boot problem = at the same place in the display sequence. And on the G4 DDB is not reporting anything, unlike on the G5 when it = hangs there. Context for failed boots off the GeForce Ti 4600 PowerMac G4 (I've not = tried much variation from this so no claims of essential status for any = of it): > FreeBSD FBSDG4S1 10.1-BETA1 FreeBSD 10.1-BETA1 #1 r271610M: Wed Sep 17 = 21:47:20 PDT 2014 root@FBSDG4S1:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC = powerpc The "M" status of r271610M (now that I "make -j 8 buildworld kernel" = based on svn materials in /usr/src/) is from the GENERIC modification in = the modifications listed below. The non-default things are... A) Adding to /usr/src/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC: "options DDB" and = "options GDB". B) Having /etc/make.conf use WITH_DEBUG_FILES=3D, WITHOUT_CLANG=3D, = WITH_DEBUG=3D, as well as having a WRKDIRPREFIX=3D(path not listed = here). C) Having /boot/loader.conf with just: verbose_loading=3D"YES". Context for working boots of the same GeForce Ti 4600 PowerMac G4: > FreeBSD FBSDG4S0 10.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-PRERELEASE #0 r271215: = Sat Sep 6 23:56:15 PDT 2014 = root@FBSDG4S0:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc /usr/src/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC was not modified at all. (Thus no M = suffix on r271215.) But /etc/make.conf uses WITH_DEBUG_FILES=3D, WITHOUT_CLANG=3D, = WITH_DEBUG=3D, as well as having a WRKDIRPREFIX=3D(path not listed = here). /boot/loader.conf empty. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net