Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:17:59 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: powerpc64 now in -CURRENT Message-ID: <B39EFC30-F914-48BF-8FEA-CCA49B2FB93E@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20100713164320.40351367@anacreon.physics.wisc.edu>
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On Jul 13, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > As of r210025, 64-bit PowerPC support is now present in -CURRENT. > Thanks to all who tested this branch and gave feedback, in particular > Patrick Kerharo and Andreas Tobler for consultation and endless > testing, and to Peter Grehan for prodding me into doing this. > > Supported hardware: > - CPUs: PowerPC 970, Cell, POWER4, POWER5, POWER6, POWER7 > - Machines: Apple Power Macintosh G5, Apple iMac G5, IBM Cell > Simulator, Sony Playstation 3 (coming soon) > > Upgrade instructions: > > The safest way to move from a 32-bit to a 64-bit system is to > reinstall > the system from scratch. However, there are not yet install CDs (this > should be fixed soon), and some people may not wish to do this. So, > for > the adventurous: Anyone interested can now download hot off the presses CDs from http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/FreeBSD-9.0-20100715-SNAP-powerpc64 -Nathanhome | help
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