Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:54:01 +0100 From: jigger smith <jigger@webtribe.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Apple iBook keyboards Message-ID: <49EC7E79.7090203@webtribe.net> In-Reply-To: <20090417171007.7a6e4072@gluon.draftnet> References: <49E88E40.9040806@webtribe.net> <20090417171007.7a6e4072@gluon.draftnet>
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Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:12:16 +0100
> jigger smith <jigger@webtribe.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to use FreeBSD on my Apple G4 iBook, can you tell me if
>> the ADB keyboard is supported in the latest version available?
>>
>> I use FreeBSD on both my i386's and servers, so it would make sense to
>> use it on my laptop instead of OpenBSD.
>
> ADB support was added fairly recently and is only available on
> -current and hasn't been MFC'd to -stable. On the G4 you'll probably
> want to run the following at the OpenFirmware prompt to make the CPU
> run at full speed:
>
> dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0
> set-dfs-high
>
> You can find powerpc -current ISO images at
> pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200812 on most FreeBSD ftp mirrors - I can't
> find any newer images, they don't seem to have been built for powerpc in
> February.
>
Hi Bruce,
First, thanks very much for your help.
I downloaded the a iso of -current from a UK mirror. But when booting
from this, after showing all the devices as it loads it finally displays
the following messages:
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance
acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURE SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout -
completing request directly
acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 try left)
acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURE SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout -
completing request directly
acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (0 try left)
acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG timed out
These messages are then repeated endlessly.
Also at the Openfirmware screen, as you suggested I typed:
dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0
then:
set-dfs-high
which the response was: unknown word
Have you any idea what this is all about?
Kind regards,
Liam Sullivan
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