Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:27:06 -0800 From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> To: Britt Dodd <brittman914@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: <20140118162706.1ff7435a@zhabar.gateway.2wire.net> In-Reply-To: <CAMtLt3sgNAKHh3f-CN66jAj8xTicn=_ohAg5nioqRDHuPR3f=Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtLt3tOYceGHv26QOWSTKJStoecxtQjf4KVehx01PEdfGnyrg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHSQbTDfrQ09t4vhqYrjOW7h97EDddEcPVuRfqpiGKJ5aNhdsQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAMtLt3sgNAKHh3f-CN66jAj8xTicn=_ohAg5nioqRDHuPR3f=Q@mail.gmail.com>
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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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