From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 3 23:56:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3AD0E8A8 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 23:56:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-x234.google.com (mail-ob0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00B7A1E1E for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 23:56:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f180.google.com with SMTP id wo20so15964777obc.25 for ; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:56:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=s/DEZ5UIXAQdKTeWLM2OLFxpPo55ZNWx4nskRrEL5lI=; b=vjkorcrqjThMQld95w61BalERGwg/UvO1iKTcJb/jKcJvLsGHVa3c7gGBVeaRKHD8U nreWNgS2EvuS0EsstaaM8Ar/5XA2sj+T/Lzm6x+YXDIzCecGIVhs+MCO9nb4lr4MH/Ye bFZA6l8x/wyuB+Flk0Mp6ZX7p7hKuhFy45r889vMp9Mz0YfZRcrvaEoM3t/xn5NFlhKx jBIuMgETHfC2nECC3VaOynIkps53FxPXkobQu31LUqA4U9TCNZdLIkigaPO0jaGDgl9X MWmToo4ZynxMy2yRtOKFY+B7GRmUQX/E+LVHDll/NT8Vr1HVtlHQlYDrF/G5hbwQp646 hsrA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.65.101 with SMTP id w5mr61902498oes.0.1388793415213; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:56:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.69.8 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 15:56:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:56:55 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 From: Britt Dodd To: Justin Hibbits Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 23:56:56 -0000 Excellent! If *anybody* needs ppc32/ppc64 testing or shell access for compiling, please message me. Thanks Justin for your reply. Is this error present in 8.x releases? Do you think I could run 8.x until the patch comes out, and then somehow upgrade to 10.0-RC2+? On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > Hi Britt, > > On Jan 3, 2014 12:21 PM, "Britt Dodd" wrote: > > > > Good afternoon, > > > > I'd like to begin by saying that while I do have a bunch of x86 systems, > > I'd also like to make (limited) use of powerpc hardware -- mainly a > > Powerbook G4, an XServe G5 and a XServe G4 (it'll be the 'garage mac'). > > > > OSX support died with 10.5. A bunch of Linux distros totally dropped > > building for ppc/32. I'm starting to really get attached to running > FreeBSD > > and would like to install it on my powerpc equipment. > > > > I attempted to load the LiveCD in my powerbook, and maybe 2 seconds into > > bootup (with tty output on screen) the entire system abruptly shuts off. > > > > Any hints? > > > > > > Britt > > I see this very issue, and I think it is caused by the PMU being > initialized early, and not emptying the mailbox. I will be testing a patch > in the next few weeks when I get time to tackle this, and hopefully a fix > will be in soon. > > -Justin >