Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 07:49:32 -0700 From: James Sarrett <James.Sarrett@asu.edu> To: Laurent de Segur <ldesegur@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Port still active? Message-ID: <F6473ED9-E7FC-11D5-9B13-003065FB9A8C@asu.edu> In-Reply-To: <A7B66E71-E7A5-11D5-90E4-0030657BCA62@mac.com>
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--Boundary_(ID_hyXBtyQlHpCqbpRp8bEknw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit this port is still in the early stages of development. i don't think it actually boots stably yet, but you can try cross compiling it, it's in the CURRENT branch of the CVS tree. you can try it out on the PSIM simulator that is now bundled with gdb. info here: http://sources.redhat.com/psim http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/ofppc/psim.html and if you just have to try it on actual hardware (not that it works for sure anyway) i'd suggest cross compiling and installing on a second harddrive. booting *should* be fairly straightforward (haven't tried this myself yet) from open firmware, seeing as the newer versions will boot XCOFF and ELF binaries natively. Apologies if any of this info is incorrect, I'm new here too. -James Sarrett. On Sunday, December 2, 2001, at 09:24 PM, Laurent de Segur wrote: > Hi, > > I was just curious to find out if this list is still alive. How do I > get information on bootstrapping FreeBSD to boot on a powerpc machine? > Do I need a x86 machine to cross-compile? Can I use a NetBSD running on > the native ppc platform? Is gcc in Darwin OK? Please help me starting. > Which hw are people on this list trying to port to? Mac only? Does that > require to cross-compile using a toolchain on a x86 machine? What the > stage of advancement of the project? Does that pass the console login > prompt yet? So many questions... Thanks for letting me know, > > Laurent > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message --Boundary_(ID_hyXBtyQlHpCqbpRp8bEknw) Content-type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit this port is still in the early stages of development. i don't think it actually boots stably yet, but you can try cross compiling it, it's in the CURRENT branch of the CVS tree. you can try it out on the PSIM simulator that is now bundled with gdb. info here: <underline><color><param>1A1A,1A1A,FFFF</param>http://sources.redhat.com/psim http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/ofppc/psim.html</color></underline>; and if you just have to try it on actual hardware (not that it works for sure anyway) i'd suggest cross compiling and installing on a second harddrive. booting *should* be fairly straightforward (haven't tried this myself yet) from open firmware, seeing as the newer versions will boot XCOFF and ELF binaries natively. Apologies if any of this info is incorrect, I'm new here too. -James Sarrett. On Sunday, December 2, 2001, at 09:24 PM, Laurent de Segur wrote: <excerpt>Hi, I was just curious to find out if this list is still alive. How do I get information on bootstrapping FreeBSD to boot on a powerpc machine? Do I need a x86 machine to cross-compile? Can I use a NetBSD running on the native ppc platform? Is gcc in Darwin OK? Please help me starting. Which hw are people on this list trying to port to? Mac only? Does that require to cross-compile using a toolchain on a x86 machine? What the stage of advancement of the project? Does that pass the console login prompt yet? So many questions... Thanks for letting me know, Laurent To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message </excerpt> --Boundary_(ID_hyXBtyQlHpCqbpRp8bEknw)-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message
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