From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 22:35:39 2010 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 F3BDD106566B for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:35:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA39E8FC08 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:35:38 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0L8J00700YREHY00@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:35:38 -0500 (CDT) Received: from anacreon.physics.wisc.edu (anacreon.physics.wisc.edu [128.104.160.176]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0L8J000N8YRD5320@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:35:37 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:35:36 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20100910173536.01c43656@anacreon.physics.wisc.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; powerpc64-portbld-freebsd9.0) X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-9, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2010.9.10.222415, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 Subject: New powerpc64 snapshot 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: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:35:39 -0000 I have built a new powerpc64 snapshot that should have a more functional installer and not have disk-detection problems on some models of G5 Powermac. This snapshot can be found at http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/FreeBSD-9.0-20100910-SNAP-powerpc64 Installation directions are the same as for 32-bit PowerPC: http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/ppcinstall.txt SMP is also now in the default powerpc64 kernel configuration, thanks to Peter Grehan. -Nathan