From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 00:35:10 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 64BB1106566B for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:35:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 387618FC08 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:35:09 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0L0D00H02OALV700@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:35:09 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (adsl-71-150-249-130.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [71.150.249.130]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0L0D00B8NOAIP440@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:35:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:35:05 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: To: Justin Hibbits Message-id: <4BB93039.9030901@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=71.150.249.130 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-13, Version=5.5.5.374460, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.1.369594, Antispam-Data: 2010.4.5.1823, SenderIP=71.150.249.130 References: User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100320) Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: ppc64 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: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:35:10 -0000 Justin Hibbits wrote: > I just got my hands on a dual-core G5 (Late 2005), and want to throw > -CURRENT on it. Is there a snapshot available with the recent ppc64 changes > that I could test out? > There isn't a snapshot currently -- you have to crossbuild and netboot for now. I am planning on making one in the next week or so after my next and final round of changes to support DMA above the 4 GB boundary. Your other option would be installing a 32-bit system, then building and installing a 64-bit kernel and world. Also, your machine is unsupported right now, even in 32-bit mode, due to a missing attachment for the OpenPIC in the U4 system controller. Adding that attachment is probably the work of an hour or two, however, if you find yourself with some free time, and Andreas Tobler is currently working on adding support for it for other reasons, so patches may already exist. -Nathan