From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Thu Feb 11 08:35:34 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B83653F238 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:35:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luciano@vespaperitivo.it) Received: from baobab.bilink.net (baobab.bilink.net [212.45.144.44]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DbqhP2ZGbz4vpf for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:35:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luciano@vespaperitivo.it) Received: from baobab.bilink.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by baobab.bilink.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DbqhD5qGDz1ftWj for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:35:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from hermes.mcs.it (hermes.mcs.it [192.168.132.21]) by baobab.bilink.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DbqhD538Dz1ftWg for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:35:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from mordeus.mcs.it (mordeus.mcs.it [192.168.45.6]) by hermes.mcs.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590264E61B4 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:35:24 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:36:10 +0100 From: Luciano Mannucci To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how many users of FreeBSD 12 do we have on powerpc? In-Reply-To: <20210210223920.GA31353@lonesome.com> References: <20210210223920.GA31353@lonesome.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.1) X-Face: 4qPv4GNcD; h<7Q/sK>+GqF4=CR@KmnPkSmwd+#%\F`4yjKO3"C]p'z=(oWRnsYBQGM\5g:4skqQY0NnV'dM:Mm:^/_+I@a"; [-s=ogufdF"9ggQ'=y MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <4DbqhD538Dz1ftWg@baobab.bilink.it> X-Virus-Scanned: PippoLillo, ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DbqhP2ZGbz4vpf X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of luciano@vespaperitivo.it designates 212.45.144.44 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=luciano@vespaperitivo.it X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.30 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[212.45.144.44:from]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:212.45.144.0/24]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[212.45.144.44:from:127.0.2.255]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[vespaperitivo.it]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8816, ipnet:212.45.128.0/19, country:IT]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-ppc] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:35:34 -0000 On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:39:21 +0000 Mark Linimon wrote: > (Also, I personally believe that it is fair to say "we do not really > support powerpc* on 10.X or 11.Y. Please upgrade.") > > How many people will these changes effect? It's time to speak up ... Well, I have just finished migrating my first PPC64 FreeBSD production servers from 11.3-RELEASE to 12.2-RELEASE. Seems that it is working. It has been easier than expected, though non really straigh forward: I had to recompile everything (11.X did'nt have precompiled pkgs) and did'nt notice that per was moved from 5.30 to 5.32, so I had to do it twice. I have another couple of production machines that I will migrate very soon, though these will be reinstalled and reloaded with data from the previous version. On Mac 32 bit front, mine runs 9.2 since I don't dare to do anything major on it for the hardware is not really pristine :), since it is a 1998 powerbook. Thanks for the magnificient work you have done3 up to now, Luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 02485781 FAX: +39 0248028247 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster@sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.lesassaie.IT/