Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:56:55 -0500 From: Britt Dodd <brittman914@gmail.com> To: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 Message-ID: <CAMtLt3sgNAKHh3f-CN66jAj8xTicn=_ohAg5nioqRDHuPR3f=Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHSQbTDfrQ09t4vhqYrjOW7h97EDddEcPVuRfqpiGKJ5aNhdsQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtLt3tOYceGHv26QOWSTKJStoecxtQjf4KVehx01PEdfGnyrg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHSQbTDfrQ09t4vhqYrjOW7h97EDddEcPVuRfqpiGKJ5aNhdsQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Excellent! If *anybody* needs ppc32/ppc64 testing or shell access for compiling, please message me. Thanks Justin for your reply. Is this error present in 8.x releases? Do you think I could run 8.x until the patch comes out, and then somehow upgrade to 10.0-RC2+? On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>wrote: > Hi Britt, > > On Jan 3, 2014 12:21 PM, "Britt Dodd" <brittman914@gmail.com> 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 >
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