From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 22 19:54:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B8B16A422; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:54:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc4-cdif2-3-1-cust199.cdif.cable.ntl.com [82.31.76.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82DA343D55; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:54:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.51 (FreeBSD)) id 1Dw3bV-000Ami-Rc; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:54:41 +0100 Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:54:41 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Peter Grehan Message-ID: <20050722195441.GF9649@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Peter Grehan , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org References: <42CEF70A.2060605@freebsd.org> <20050712172040.GB46490@dragon.NUXI.org> <013401c58709$3172f500$1700a8c0@failure> <20050719145732.GA22045@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050720133521.GF34707@submonkey.net> <42DE5649.2010202@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wTWi5aaYRw9ix9vO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42DE5649.2010202@freebsd.org> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: refrence machine 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: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:54:44 -0000 --wTWi5aaYRw9ix9vO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 11:48:57PM +1000, Peter Grehan wrote: > >>I've been looking for a G4 Xserve on eBay -- but all I can find now are > >>G5 models. :-( > > > >That's something I was wondering about but couldn't see in a year's > >worth of archives; how SOL are we for FreeBSD on a G5 and what are the > >barriers? >=20 > The G5 is a true 64-bit CPU with a 64-bit MMU. 32-bit user-mode code=20 > can run unchanged, but the kernel has to deal with the 64-bit MMU and=20 > various other bits and pieces that are painful to implement. So it's lack of code rather than anything more sinister? Good. I had heard some complaints about a dodgy OpenFirmware implementation. > I have a 1.6G uniprocessor G5, and have mucked around with it a bit -=20 > the loader works, for instance - but it might be a while before things=20 > start happening. I have a dual G5 PowerMac as of quite recently, and the second-to-most-recent SNAP booted as far as probing for KDB backends which was a pleasant surprise. ;) Ceri --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --wTWi5aaYRw9ix9vO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC4U8BocfcwTS3JF8RAotdAJ9uM5qgKlXushcp3zwRBsqrx2N6WwCgigx0 dDkTw9GcmxQJvQdXbMuRRLQ= =fsOX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wTWi5aaYRw9ix9vO--