Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:10:56 -0400 From: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: installing on a g5 Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOuCVGb0Uu867ZsDFqrvXZpCZx=HHCOOf=TO4LxRhg1WTQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOvVZtWCzK76-i6meYwZR4w-6OqJvpMu0V=9ggyJrfo1Kg@mail.gmail.com> References: <5320E7CC.5040109@groessler.org> <532A0229.30903@groessler.org> <CA%2BWntOvVZtWCzK76-i6meYwZR4w-6OqJvpMu0V=9ggyJrfo1Kg@mail.gmail.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:09 PM Subject: Re: installing on a g5 To: Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org>wrote: > Hi again, > > On 03/13/14 00:03, Christian Groessler wrote: > >> I'm trying to install -current on a dual PowerMac G5 which was recently >> given to me. >> >> ofwboot.xcf seems to crash before it starts to load the kernel. I found a >> similar problem >> in the archives (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2009/09/27/ >> msg000876.html) >> but there was no response to this message. >> >> I've tried the latest ofwboot.xcf as well as older ones lying around over >> here, but I always >> get the same crash, which is described in the message cited above. For >> the different >> ofwboot.xcfs the SRR0 values are slightly different which I interpret as >> the crash address. >> >> http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/models.html cites G5 PowerMacs as >> being supported, >> so what is wrong? >> >> Am I missing a OF setting I need to make or something? >> > > > Hmm, no response. Is this list still alive? > > I did some research, and ofwboot.xcf crashes in > sys/lib/libsa/loadfile_elf32.c, function loadfile(). > It tries to load the kernel to address 0x100000. > > I've added a line of code to write something to 0x100000 just before the > READ() call, > with a printf before and after. > > The printf before appears, but not the printf after. So it seems that > address 0x100000 > is not writable (or present). > > dev /openprom > .properties > > reports Openfirmware 4. > > So it looks like Openfirmware 4 is not supported. Is this correct? > > regards, > chris > > Go back through the FreeBSD ppc mailing lists. There is one person who had help with a problem from netbsd-ppc that chose to ask.
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