Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:58:55 -0800 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: Bill Sorenson <instructionset@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1 PPC64 on XServe G5 hangs at Openfirmware Loader [likely an example of a long standing problem] Message-ID: <C09E14DA-01B7-499C-AD3E-69A9C066E1E0@dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <CACcTwY=1qMqVz%2BXQSBkUcyXpU4Li=EBP_=S04dwcLzOczKPO4Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <DB500816-8269-40E0-985E-5A91FCD369F1@dsl-only.net> <CACcTwY=1qMqVz%2BXQSBkUcyXpU4Li=EBP_=S04dwcLzOczKPO4Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Also for my non-XServe context: buildworld, kernel, installworld from = source always worked for every 10.x-STABLE that I tried it with (up to = known, intermittent boot-time issues on PowerMac G5s). 10.1-RELEASE too. = (I've not tried 10.1-STABLE yet.) The same for using the .txz files and = MANIFEST file with "bsdinstall auto" to create media from an already = working FreeBSD powerpc64 context. (I've updated a couple of different ways: using the .txz files and = MANIFEST file with "bsdinstall auto" vs. svn based. I normally use svn = based these days both both were reliable whenever I've tried them.) But to get powerpc64 started I used 10.0-RELEASE's .iso as I remember. = After that for .iso's I just was checking if the .iso status had = changed. (Summarizing much history: It was my first FreeBSD use.) The powerpc (non-64) .iso's work fine in the same PowerMac G5s but I = wanted to allow the G5's to use the extra memory that was in place. (But = that extra memory may be tied to the powerpc64's intermittent boot-time = issues for PowerMac G5s. I've never tried <=3D 4GB but others have = reported the extra memory as required to see the intermittent boot = problems.) =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net On Dec 18, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Bill Sorenson <instructionset at gmail.com> = wrote: I can confirm that 10.1-RELENG and 10-STABLE will boot at least an = XServe G5 when built from source on a running 10.0-RELEASE install. = Problem appears specific to the iso from what I can tell. Although I've = been wrong before. I'm not sure how the isos are generated in the = release process so no idea if it makes sense.=20 -Bill S.
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