From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 3 23:54:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D77FA868 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 23:54:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-x229.google.com (mail-bk0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4008:c01::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 691751E0D for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 23:54:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f41.google.com with SMTP id v15so5139804bkz.0 for ; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:53:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=0SQbbsnZ+FIOG4awtagXxcIkiusub+yXC3xRFkkUj0M=; b=mfYl9Z6q/cNpuXyKpDp9BXM/1rg8DRNyOZpKbqaN0I12Tan6k7N9xPw510VCMHVTZU sRGhFnwi8PV9cwvKJopjaCpubvuP8Y54mnZrvcM7J59frHsZDLvqmwjVugNZAsYdXKE7 EnlvhtAgFjjuUlUvRlwvBAPCaq8JTHp/EbkHi738yfMs/CVMXje/yniKPsiA9w04vlsp y0KS9JX+oLxPhkH2euRgin9nEfLtGVIuBq5XZPNGd7lwzeQjtk10GqTzG9Quzma7VhBD uvlQSrbWpHBl5tm3HJ1qOZGmRwppvIOQgxbYK+O4fOyP0XhG8daECc/hYmteUIcLQtj3 9H+g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.204.164.203 with SMTP id f11mr902171bky.50.1388793239545; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:53:59 -0800 (PST) Sender: chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: by 10.205.21.66 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 15:53:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.21.66 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 15:53:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:53:59 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: rx4KtXTj04RcUy_jl0fseW3YIVc Message-ID: Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 From: Justin Hibbits To: Britt Dodd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 23:54:02 -0000 Hi Britt, On Jan 3, 2014 12:21 PM, "Britt Dodd" wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > I'd like to begin by saying that while I do have a bunch of x86 systems, > I'd also like to make (limited) use of powerpc hardware -- mainly a > Powerbook G4, an XServe G5 and a XServe G4 (it'll be the 'garage mac'). > > OSX support died with 10.5. A bunch of Linux distros totally dropped > building for ppc/32. I'm starting to really get attached to running FreeBSD > and would like to install it on my powerpc equipment. > > I attempted to load the LiveCD in my powerbook, and maybe 2 seconds into > bootup (with tty output on screen) the entire system abruptly shuts off. > > Any hints? > > > Britt I see this very issue, and I think it is caused by the PMU being initialized early, and not emptying the mailbox. I will be testing a patch in the next few weeks when I get time to tackle this, and hopefully a fix will be in soon. -Justin