Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:23:29 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 292341] 15 / 16 doesn't boot on a G5 apple ppc64, doesn't boot in qemu either! Message-ID: <bug-292341-21@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292341 Bug ID: 292341 Summary: 15 / 16 doesn't boot on a G5 apple ppc64, doesn't boot in qemu either! Product: Base System Version: 15.0-RELEASE Hardware: powerpc OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: powerpc Assignee: ppc@FreeBSD.org Reporter: adrian@freebsd.org I can't boot 15 or 16 on a G5 apple, but I can boot 12, 13 and 14. (Well, "boot", but it makes it to the loader and kernel.) It's easily reproducible with qemu, so you don't need hardware to reproduce/fix this! my config: ``` #!/bin/sh # PPC970 (G5) mac emulation testing # TODO: this thread has some info about their ppc64 SMP tinkering # https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/smp-for-qemu-syetem-ppc64-wip.2450008/ # It would be nice to see SMP support for 970mp on mac99 and then # use it for regression testing on FreeBSD! # Booting cdrom: # # boot cd:,\\:tbxi # -hda drive-1.raw \ # # -drive id=drive1,file=drive-1.raw,if=none -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive1 \ # -cdrom ../iso/FreeBSD-16.0-CURRENT-powerpc-powerpc64-20251222-nullhash-nullcount-disc1.iso \ # -netdev tap,ifname=tap0,script=no,id=net0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=00:08:01:12:00:01 # -drive file=../iso/FreeBSD-16.0-CURRENT-powerpc-powerpc64-20251222-nullhash-nullcount-disc1.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom,read only=on,index=2 # -drive file=../iso/FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-bootonly.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom,readonly=on,index=2 qemu-system-ppc64 \ -machine mac99,via=pmu \ -cpu 970fx \ -smp 1 \ -drive file=wd0.img,format=raw,media=disk,snapshot=on \ -drive file=../iso/FreeBSD-15.0-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20260101-785d429c2b93-281645-bootonly.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom,r eadonly=on,index=2 ``` to reproduce: * fetch the above iso images so you can test 14, 15, 16 * truncate -s 1G wd0.img * ./run.sh * at the openfirmware prompt, do "boot cd:,\\:tbxi" It works for 14 (and 13, and 12) but not 15 or 16 - it spits out this "No valid state has been set by load or init-program" -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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