Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:01:25 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerMac G5 and FreeBSD 9.0-current: no disks? Message-ID: <4D3DF6B5.3080307@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20110124225757.fd6a4b4f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110123003845.053726a7.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110124223642.7e12d3a5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110124225757.fd6a4b4f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On 01/24/11 15:57, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Another question: shouldn't the 'nvram' command work? > root@kg-g5# nvram -p > nvram: /dev/powermac_nvram: No such file or directory > root@kg-g5# kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 1 0x100000 a29b1c kernel > root@kg-g5# kldload powermac_nvram > kldload: can't load powermac_nvram: File exists > root@kg-g5# nvram -p > nvram: /dev/powermac_nvram: No such file or directory > > dmidecode isn't for powerpc arch, is therer something else like that > for powerpc? > > Oh, and in case anyone wonders: > root@kg-g5# uname -a > FreeBSD kg-g5.kg4.no 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #119 r217462M: Sat > Jan 15 16:05:38 CST 2011 > root@comporellon.tachypleus.net:/usr/obj/powerpc.powerpc/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc You nvram chip appears to be unsupported. You can use ofwdump to get something kind of like dmidecode. In answer to your earlier question, SMP isn't in GENERIC on powerpc, so you'll need to build a new kernel with that option to get both CPUs online. -Nathan
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