Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:17:13 +0100 From: Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: powerpc@FreeBSD.ORG, Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Tightening kernel for Mac Mini G4 Message-ID: <52E3B959.30603@fgznet.ch> In-Reply-To: <20140125130640.GA97062@FreeBSD.org> References: <20140122153323.GA3637@FreeBSD.org> <20140122082542.745de133@zhabar.gateway.2wire.net> <20140123044922.GA29547@FreeBSD.org> <20140122214622.62b36222@zhabar.gateway.2wire.net> <20140125091537.GA39255@FreeBSD.org> <52E3AE02.1050703@fgznet.ch> <20140125130640.GA97062@FreeBSD.org>
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On 25.01.14 14:06, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 01:28:50PM +0100, Andreas Tobler wrote: >> Also, if doing such work which combination fits and which doesn't I rely >> on netbooting. >> Iow, I build my kernels cross and boot over the net to see if it boots >> on the mini (or whatever Mac). > > That's a nice idea; I guess I could've saved some time with cross-building > on faster x86 box. > > Netbooting is a lifesaver indeed; that's how I originally installed and also > recovered couple of times after screwing up. Peter's [*] DHCP server sample > config was really handy. :-) > > However, since my custom slim kernels expect matching /boot/loader.conf, I > don't know if it would be possible to test them (GENERIC is not a problem, > of course) with netboot other than manually loading modules on the console. > > ./danfe > > [*] http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html Here is my draft ;) http://people.freebsd.org/~andreast/netboot_testing_ppc.txt Should be no problem. The root fs is on nfs so you can always modify /nfsroot/boot/loader.conf from your nfs machine and say what to load at boot. I do not press 'space' after 'boot enet:0,loader', I simply leave it and it loads and/or prints verbose the booting process. No more interaction on the OF level than saying 'boot enet:0,loader'. Andreas
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