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Date:      Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:58:09 -0400
From:      Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>
To:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   from bugid 235060 FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso install test
Message-ID:  <2e078e99-ffbf-6df4-ac5c-1a0ad908fd3c@blastwave.org>

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re: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235060#c17

 > Francis Little 2019-04-29 20:48:16 UTC
 >
 > Hi, not sure if its useful,
 >
 > I have just installed 12.0-RELEASE - using:
 > FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso - on a PowerMac G5
 > Quad with 8GB Ram, the system booted from the CD and installed fine
 > with no intervention.
 >
 > On rebooting after the install, I had to set usefdt=1 to get it to
 > boot as the system would just freeze part way through the kernel
 > loading.

Very good to know.

That is what I see however I also use kern.smp.disabled so the question
I have is how may processor cores are you seeing as functional?



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Dennis Clarke
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