Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:04:37 -0500 From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> To: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installer problems with 11.0-RC3 Message-ID: <CAHSQbTAsy81JjXvJP3FvV7rDebUFEJ1nhWhhL1BF%2BJ_skLth6Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <747f3eaa-251c-5740-0755-09bba55a5b04@codelibre.net> References: <725c6225-c7bf-f88f-d8e2-b5f9a02bcfe8@codelibre.net> <20160917184649.35d9a9ab@zhabar.knownspace> <88b054f6-ae0b-dc32-8d54-016964a2cea8@codelibre.net> <747f3eaa-251c-5740-0755-09bba55a5b04@codelibre.net>
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> wrote: > On 18/09/2016 09:04, Roger Leigh wrote: >> >> On 17/09/2016 23:46, Justin Hibbits wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 23:39:41 +0000 >>> Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Up until now, my G4 Mac Mini has been running 10.3-RELEASE. Today, I >>>> tried the 11.0-RC3 installer. Two issues noted: >>>> >>>> 1) The colours in the installer are different than the PC installer. >>>> The background is a mid brown with yellow text. An issue with the >>>> console framebuffer? >>>> >>>> 2) It won't boot after the installer finished. >>>> Invalid memory access at %SRR0: 018011f0 %SRR1: 00003030 >>> >>> >>> I just fixed the second issue, which should be going into the next ISO >>> (RC4? Final? Not sure at this point), but the initial commit was to >>> head at r305894, and finally merged to 11.0 (by way of stable/11) in >>> r305904 if you're curious. >> >> >> Super, thanks. I'll retry this with the next ISO release. > > > I got the time to retry with the 11.0-RELEASE ISO, and the above problem is > fixed, but unfortunately then hit a problem I'd previously seen and posted > on the list when testing 11.0-STABLE in mid-September. The kernel loads and > boots correctly, but it hangs at this point: > > gem0: 10kB RX addr...... > gem0: Ethernet address ....... > cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on nexus0 > > At this point it just sits there with the CPU fan going full tilt. I'm not > sure what exactly the problem is here because I have no means to debug it > that I'm aware of at that point during the boot. Happy to investigate > further if anyone could provide any hints about what I could do to assist. > > > Regards, > Roger Hi Roger, Unfortunately, I've run into this on my PowerBook G4 since February, with no clear idea of what's going on. Since nobody else had reported a problem I thought it was just me, so didn't put much effort into it. That said, it *should* boot the installed kernel if you start the loader from the CD (just 'unload; set currdev=hd:3; boot'), and it boots to the hard drive fine then (that's what I've been doing since BSDCan). I intend to take a closer look at it at MeetBSD with some other folks who might have some insight into at least how to debug it. - Justin
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