From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 16 01:29:34 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 22E1016A41F for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:29:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ben+freebsd.org@narcissus.net) Received: from absinthe.tinho.net (absinthe.tinho.net [166.84.5.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB53643D48 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:29:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ben+freebsd.org@narcissus.net) Received: by absinthe.tinho.net (Postfix, from userid 103) id 6E40D1BF94A; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:29:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:29:33 -0400 From: Ben Rosengart To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20051016012933.GB31458@absinthe.tinho.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: SMP; autoboot 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: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:29:34 -0000 Hi folks, I have two questions about freebsd-ppc; they probably both are FAQs. 1. Is SMP supported on freebsd-ppc? If so, do I just have to build a new kernel to make use of it, like on i386? (Is it safe to create a smaller kernel config file by copying GENERIC, and going through deleting unused drivers, as I am used to doing on i386?) 2. What can I put in my NVRAM settings to make the system boot to FreeBSD? As it is, I have auto-boot?=false, and when the OF prompt comes up, I type "boot hd:loader hd:6". hd:6 is an HFS+ filesystem which contains just one file, "loader". This is not too bad, but it'd be pretty cool if I could autoboot to FreeBSD. Bonus points if there's a menu along the way that lets me select Mac OS X, which lives on the second HDD. I played around with things like setting boot-command=boot and boot-args="hd:loader hd:6", but all I ever got was a boot to Mac OS X or to a blank screen. I'll be happy to add any useful answers I receive to the wiki, if I can. Thanks, -- Ben Rosengart ben@narcissus.net "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're good-looking but not too bright. We're pretty bright now, but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement