Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:26:04 -0800 From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: powerpc64 status and request for testers Message-ID: <20100223122604.69000cbf.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4B7970D7.4010702@freebsd.org> References: <4B7970D7.4010702@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:05:43 -0600 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> mentioned: > I have been working on a full 64-bit PowerPC port of FreeBSD which is > now mature enough that wider exposure and testing would be appreciated. > It boots multiuser and most ports seem to just work, etc. Note that this > is still very raw, however; building it remains tricky, and it may have > fatal bugs resulting in data loss. > > Caveats: > - Memory above 2 GB is not really supported yet, due to lack of IOMMU > support or bounce buffers. > - snd_ai2s causes panics on 64-bit kernels Actually it panics on my G4 as well, so I think it is not ppc64 related. I'm now looking into it. Congratulations for the good work! -- Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE
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