Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 18:27:52 -0500 From: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac G5 and XServe G5 support Message-ID: <aca13b65-58c1-23ed-5811-93cf70a905e4@blastwave.org> In-Reply-To: <966736134.9036.1551866362184@office.mailbox.org> References: <966736134.9036.1551866362184@office.mailbox.org>
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On 3/6/19 4:59 AM, Sergio Carlavilla wrote: > Hi, > > I want to know how is the state of FreeBSD in Mac G5 and XServe G5. > Support all the hardware? > > I checked the wiki page https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc but I don't finded anything specific to Mac G5 and XServe G5 hardware support. > You can install FreeBSD 12 on a PowerMac G5 quad unit without too much trouble if ( and only if ) you know how to tell the loader to insert a few variables such as usefdt=1 and kern.smp.disabled=1 just to get it to boot. After install you may build the current sources for the kernel and the whole buildworld for that matter. That all works and I have done it over and over. You may even get all four cores running. However this is all somewhat similar to having a 1937 Plymouth car in your garage and tinkering on it. Hardly modern in even the most thin sense of the word. But it works fine. -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional
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