From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 01:57:19 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 838A0106566B; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 01:57:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87428FC08; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 01:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so719616bwz.3 for ; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:57:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:received:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=10GD2szrGcXN2bgrne9BTknQKxpbqgCNzX89AAaGM7M=; b=p6a8ST2hejbxH7V6SB6GvPGY9qdBg7B+flaayZJ26zKKDZXEt3PYmQ94+l8/hbuYg1 UfShkcBvaqWsuW2krpE70q0MaY6hN5TdstscnAiAVDATvjlgi5ujhRqJGnEMjUEOVzDe vBIEeYO6xz6f/W24Xe8wOo8qo2fyemfKdWOCk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=ih8tMOhe48odgDcXD5LoNnN49aEjh48Ag8/0LIMVEVZ++UzN9cC2Pv/ByDxmBkWi7+ ScoKXoBFuZ/pt2V8uKpc5W6rfPys3xay3B4Nmo1zcaI38aHumiL8omIZhLk1Ps8IvD7Q KkNRNyig4RyEoUedduRgh4fHhhp4Aw5jwZjks= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.135.133 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Apr 2010 18:57:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BBB6DC0.3030808@freebsd.org> References: <4BBB6DC0.3030808@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:57:17 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bec1edda1add9a16 Received: by 10.204.74.98 with SMTP id t34mr254691bkj.154.1270778237663; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Justin Hibbits To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:57:19 -0000 On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > 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? >> >> - Justin >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > I just finished implementing the last missing feature in the 64-bit PowerPC > port, and there are no more 64-bit-specific bugs that I know about. Once M. > Warner Losh's build system changes are in the tree, I will submit a final > patch set for review, and merge it to head, but the port should be > completely usable at this point. > > System Compatibility: > - Apple G5 machines > > Caveats: > - Do not run ofwdump on an SMP system, as it can cause hangs (also a 32-bit > bug) > - Many ports (e.g. X and GTK) need patches not currently in the ports tree > to compile, since this is a new platform > > Instructions: > svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/projects/ppc64 > cd ppc64 > make buildworld buildkernel installkernel installworld distribution > DESTDIR=/path/to/installation TARGET_ARCH=powerpc64 > > I would appreciate any feedback or tests, as well as testing on 32-bit > Book-E systems to make sure I did not break anything. Many thanks to Andreas > Tobler for his tireless testing efforts during development of this port. > -Nathan > > I've finally had a chance to test it, but it hangs with the string Kernel entry at 0x1034e0... nothing more. I tried booting verbose, but that gave nothing, it looks like it may not even be leaving the loader. - Justin