Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:59:32 -0400 From: Ben Rosengart <ben+freebsd.org@narcissus.net> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP; autoboot Message-ID: <20051018045932.GB44746@absinthe.tinho.net> In-Reply-To: <4351BBF3.8060003@freebsd.org> References: <20051016012933.GB31458@absinthe.tinho.net> <4351BBF3.8060003@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 12:33:23PM +1000, Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Ben, > > >1. Is SMP supported on freebsd-ppc? > > Nope :( > > It may not be too difficult. The ppc port is mostly based on the > sparc64 port so all the synchronization primitives are there. I > personally don't have any MP h/w. I have hardware I can loan for this purpose; anyone interested should contact me off-list. (If I lend out that hw, I'll have to install FreeBSD on my Cube -- has anyone tried that?) > >2. What can I put in my NVRAM settings to make the system boot to > > FreeBSD? As it is, I have auto-boot?=false, and when > > the OF prompt comes up, I type "boot hd:loader hd:6". > > There's been some discussion and experimentation with this. Have a > look at Dario Freni's blog, 'FreeBSD on the Mac Mini', and how he > created a CHRP boot script. > > http://blog.freesbie.org/blogs/ Thanks ... hm, with the CHRP script, he has to type 0 > boot hd:,\freebsd.tbxi while I type 0 > boot hd:loader hd:6 without a script. It's not at all clear to me that he's better off than I am. :-) -- Ben Rosengart ben@narcissus.net "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're good-looking but not too bright. We're pretty bright now, but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement
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