From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 01:18:02 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 05DAB1065780; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:18:02 +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 CC5BE8FC17; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:18:01 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes 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 <0L5K00G00RM1BN00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:18:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [10.0.2.95] ([unknown] [76.210.74.244]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0L5K00ATCRLZQS30@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:18:00 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:17:59 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <20100713164320.40351367@anacreon.physics.wisc.edu> To: Nathan Whitehorn Message-id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.74.244 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-11, Version=5.5.9.395186, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2010.7.15.11215, SenderIP=76.210.74.244 References: <20100713164320.40351367@anacreon.physics.wisc.edu> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: powerpc64 now in -CURRENT 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: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:18:02 -0000 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 -Nathan