Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:34:49 -0500 From: Britt Dodd <brittman914@gmail.com> To: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 Message-ID: <CAMtLt3tk=QD=BV%2Bq_t6m=nvNTH8=D5kbc5QxRpSva9-Ax8RT%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAMtLt3vdoSWWoYx-mLXz7B9JkYXBHxufqetXqO_qAE_r2fCK9g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtLt3tOYceGHv26QOWSTKJStoecxtQjf4KVehx01PEdfGnyrg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHSQbTDfrQ09t4vhqYrjOW7h97EDddEcPVuRfqpiGKJ5aNhdsQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAMtLt3sgNAKHh3f-CN66jAj8xTicn=_ohAg5nioqRDHuPR3f=Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140118162706.1ff7435a@zhabar.gateway.2wire.net> <CAMtLt3vdoSWWoYx-mLXz7B9JkYXBHxufqetXqO_qAE_r2fCK9g@mail.gmail.com>
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Justin, Haven't forgotten about you. I really want to test this, but I have to teach myself FreeBSD. I come from the Gentoo/Linux side of things, so it's familiar, but completely different at the same time. Once I figure out how to build FreeBSD from inside of FreeBSD and get an ISO written, i'll test it out. BTW Once I have the powerbook up, I'll have three PPC machines that I can give jail access to for builds. I'll let everybody know (if interested) when I get them 100% setup On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Britt Dodd <brittman914@gmail.com> wrote: > Awesome! I've got it running on the G5 (Dual 2.3) and I'll load the G4 > XServe running tomorrow. > > Thank you for your contribution! I'm very excited to try it out > On Jan 18, 2014 7:27 PM, "Justin Hibbits" <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Britt, >> >> I have just committed a fix for this in head, r260872. I'll be MFCing >> it to stable/10 and stable/9 next week. Until then, you could try >> building a bootable CD on another machine, for head, and give it a go. >> >> - Justin >> >> On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:56:55 -0500 >> Britt Dodd <brittman914@gmail.com> 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 >> > <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>wrote: >> > >> > > Hi Britt, >> > > >> > > On Jan 3, 2014 12:21 PM, "Britt Dodd" <brittman914@gmail.com> 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 >> > > >> >
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