From owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 9 15:00:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-www@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D469106566C for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:00:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC5CE8FC26 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m29F04nb085109 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:00:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m29F04cJ085107; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:00:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:00:04 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200803091500.m29F04cJ085107@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Gavin Atkinson Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BE1106566B for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw2.york.ac.uk (mail-gw2.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCCE8FC19 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw6.york.ac.uk (mail-gw6.york.ac.uk [144.32.129.26]) by mail-gw2.york.ac.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m29Epnue026162 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:49 GMT Received: from ga9test2.york.ac.uk ([144.32.128.105]) by mail-gw6.york.ac.uk with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JYMsP-0006LI-SO for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:51:49 +0000 Received: from ga9test2.york.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ga9test2.york.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m29EpMb6068201 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:22 GMT (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: (from root@localhost) by ga9test2.york.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m29EpMOB068200; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:22 GMT (envelope-from gavin) Message-Id: <200803091451.m29EpMOB068200@ga9test2.york.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:22 GMT From: Gavin Atkinson To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: www/121526: ppc platform page on website out of date X-BeenThere: freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gavin Atkinson List-Id: FreeBSD Project Webmasters List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:00:05 -0000 >Number: 121526 >Category: www >Synopsis: ppc platform page on website out of date >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-www >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 09 15:00:04 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gavin Atkinson >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD ga9test2.york.ac.uk 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #0: Fri Nov 16 19:12:38 UTC 2007 root@myers.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: The page at http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html is quite out-of-date, and hasn't been updated to show that official 7.0-RELEASE ISOs are now available for the platform. I've also rearranged the content slightly so that the platforms pages are more consistent with each other. >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: --- ppc.diff begins here --- Index: www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/ncvs/www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.20 diff -u -r1.20 ppc.sgml --- www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml 2 Feb 2007 07:41:09 -0000 1.20 +++ www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml 9 Mar 2008 14:38:54 -0000 @@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ &header; -

General Information

+

Introduction

+ +

The FreeBSD/ppc project pages contain information about the FreeBSD + port to the PowerPC® architecture. As with the port itself, these + pages are still a work in progress.

+ +

Table Of Contents

-

Introduction

- -

The FreeBSD/ppc project pages contain information about the FreeBSD - port to the PowerPC® architecture. As with the port itself, these - pages are still a work in progress.

+

Status

-

The FreeBSD/ppc port is still a Tier-2 platform. That means it is +

The FreeBSD/ppc port is still a + + Tier 2 platform. That means it is not being fully supported by our security officer, release engineers and toolchain maintainers.

@@ -38,8 +42,11 @@

Latest News

    -
  • 25 June, 2005: This page has been - significantly updated.
    • +
  • 03 March, 2008: Support for Freescale® + PowerQUICC III MPC85XX family system-on-chip development boards + has been committed into CVS.
    • +
  • 27 February, 2008: FreeBSD 7.0 is the first + release to officially support the FreeBSD/ppc port.
@@ -55,10 +62,9 @@

How can I install FreeBSD/ppc?

-

There are ISO images available for download - here. - Latest 7.0-CURRENT ISO image can be downloaded - here. +

ISO images of FreeBSD &rel.current; suitable for New-World Macs are + available for download, for details of how to obtain these see the + release announcement. Please follow instructions given here.

@@ -149,8 +155,8 @@

FreeBSD/ppc mailing list

-

To subscribe to this list, send mail to - freebsd-ppc-subscribe@FreeBSD.org +

To subscribe to this list, send mail to or visit mailman interface.

@@ -161,6 +167,8 @@
  • No AltiVec support yet.
    • +
  • G5 CPUs are unsupported.
    • +
  • SMP is not yet supported.
  • On-board BMAC+ ethernet does not work. There is a work-in-progress bm(4) driver available on Peter Grehan's personal page here (see if_bm.c and --- ppc.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: