From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 22 09:10:56 2008 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 4BC701065676 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcotrillo@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DE848FC0C for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcotrillo@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so2723765wfg.7 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:10:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=pyKyaWWPiSTaeNxiHR/MHnCui4TUoVhvaM1wt/CP9Rk=; b=N4UIDFZYPaB+IgHtgJo/e1jkffK0KgYy0wWd9Iw9cdceHO82m9s/KvelsxwV0JpWDB 0jun2ZPIwj4dXnDjToOmBYwGhKQZ7n19zSAwAEnd5n8eRrd8wsjlQe8NPwaFVbgdHYIb i0dxOQk0MIEewinPh+lbT9UtkzwWGB0/m4LsI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=iJq9x3YlYykXMJagQZzBIBha86xOYRZiAGzYmCk3aIqPlgpLN4e87k6qheQQydunCz Dn/+un32dEjjdgxCluXu44O3kLWbzarxyhPn/2U91TPvXHw5Nq6UWSy8vcg/WEI/oGQd UnlKVMVpOt/nkFKnkzEvujqSpFY5zH46QW9AE= Received: by 10.142.58.5 with SMTP id g5mr4226850wfa.224.1224666655555; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:10:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.89.18 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:10:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:55 +0200 From: "Marco Trillo" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?=" In-Reply-To: <1224657584.10591.72.camel@horst-tla> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <48FE33D7.3080505@fgznet.ch> <1224657584.10591.72.camel@horst-tla> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resignation, X being a , and assorted questions. 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: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:10:56 -0000 Hi, On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Horst G=FCnther Burkhardt III wrote: > ------------ > Networking > ------------ > It seems FreeBSD does not always try to do DHCP configuration at boot of > the onboard gem0 - This is slightly annoying as it always boots up > thinking it's 1976. I'm sure you can understand why this is of concern. > > I've tried editing some of the bootscripts for this to no avail - any > ideas? Do you have a line such as ifconfig_gem0=3D"DHCP" added to your /etc/rc.conf file ? > > ------- > Audio > ------- > I'm not sure of the soundcard this mac uses, but I believe it's Apple > Crystal (a look at the motherboard and there's a small chip that says > CRYSTAL that looks like the sound chip on the iMac) so... I think > FreeBSD supports it. Is there a good way to test sound with the base > system (i.e. without installing mpg123?) > The Crystal chip is indeed the sound codec -- it can be either the "Burgundy" (CS4211) chip, used on original iMacs, or the "Screamer" (CS4212) chip, used on iMac DVs and late iMac G3s. What model of iMac is this? I have a driver and patch that supports both of these devices -- currently audio output only. It should apply at least to 8.0-current and to 7.x -- let me know if you are interested on testing it . Thanks, Marco