From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 01:25:58 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 0B9F01065674; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:25:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E908FC13; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:25:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws19 with SMTP id 19so608827vws.13 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:25:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:cc:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=1pUdUWheeOiOL/LS2vzOJguG4s1Z4iDn4Vl8UkYCCeo=; b=wY8MkMA9kJ4K2VxomJMZ9UaZbcD3mFkq/oFVixcnsB+9MTy0xEiINeLYyUZikNUzNw 177sMnGPMY+n/SvGi1EwnTa8NmlxVWNHPUqV3W/qMxRXtX9OXAHHk361lBBN/XL3bGqm OS1XwEk3ADF1AsbMc4S2X0UyQyAhunzjzC4Gc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=XZGtuPXdN9ZGBVvAg0al2Tu1KZuHgpr7soA3p8CziPrMhD+HAAFmA/SwovwlybRFWB wzDkP2+/SErflKPzAuruGp0vLroaWW1Nz+pimWi/MI/xOgk49Y41eLUoIjkEkBWIVpMk CkTZuY7hQa/8OpxtkZN39D45i5m57pl5lEQHk= Received: by 10.224.95.210 with SMTP id e18mr4841002qan.100.1279157155933; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:25:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.22] (216-164-48-50.c3-0.gth-ubr1.lnh-gth.md.cable.rcn.com [216.164.48.50]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fb41sm2129545qcb.27.2010.07.14.18.25.54 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:25:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4E985BF6-1B3C-4AB6-AC97-EB86AA3873E4@gmail.com> From: Justin Hibbits To: Nathan Whitehorn In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:25:53 -0400 References: <20100713164320.40351367@anacreon.physics.wisc.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) 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 01:25:58 -0000 On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:17 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > 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 This is awesome. Downloading the livefs now to test on my G5. - Justin