From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 4 01:43:42 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85E8E2F2 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 01:43:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth2.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.222]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53CCC14A3 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 01:43:42 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0MYU00L00S68FL00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 19:43:35 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-2, Version=6.0.3.2322014, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2014.1.4.13314, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (pool-72-66-107-173.washdc.fios.verizon.net [72.66.107.173]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MYU00AO6SSM5L00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 19:43:35 -0600 (CST) Message-id: <52C76745.9050706@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 20:43:33 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 To: brittman914@gmail.com Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 References: In-reply-to: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 01:43:42 -0000 You've unfortunately found the one New World machine that has never worked properly under FreeBSD! So 8.x won't help. Probably you will just have to wait for the time being. Your other hardware should work perfectly well, however. -Nathan On 01/03/14 18:56, Britt Dodd wrote: > 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 wrote: > >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"