From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 10 00:54:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E21F106566B; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:54:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E64178FC17; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:54:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so1437830bwz.3 for ; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:54:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:received:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Sc8ZT3T7KZnQecVDD+QjJnZDMAQeBxcfxA3Ie0c6+BQ=; b=gk5Wxo0GOrBHvXOnHp2d/sDJCw2wSGWo5cbXrIuSReTCiQ9YzC7hOAARYdxVJ78kpu n2sc0dol47AmfFw0UZ2goN0CAyVPvVEPHKTSw6t5PtgZWEQL2d8wSm6mX6FR8VY7zx0t 27Ax8hxgrcL4zHQraSeIQ0qXORrUcg0wjLybI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=Qve78OF2sZW3USkOVr+w0ltHybNhU0ddzbIKklcUEHNztn9YRVwqg8I+OqO+Hkof3p vJel26cPljAVGUE4NjfdjheV2c8LGVcRZU/Ws0VBV3PuHtSk7+f/BJ2ikuOQfOUM3OCc KHU1bQhQ44BoHF6CqtYbO1978t95mCQ9t6mMY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.135.133 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 17:54:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4BBB6DC0.3030808@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:54:39 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: b2a1860e32e7352d Received: by 10.204.74.77 with SMTP id t13mr917951bkj.7.1270860879559; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:54:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Justin Hibbits To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: ppc64 snapshot X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:54:41 -0000 On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> Justin Hibbits wrote: >> >>> I just got my hands on a dual-core G5 (Late 2005), and want to throw >>> -CURRENT on it. Is there a snapshot available with the recent ppc64 >>> changes >>> that I could test out? >>> >>> - Justin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >> I just finished implementing the last missing feature in the 64-bit >> PowerPC port, and there are no more 64-bit-specific bugs that I know about. >> Once M. Warner Losh's build system changes are in the tree, I will submit a >> final patch set for review, and merge it to head, but the port should be >> completely usable at this point. >> >> System Compatibility: >> - Apple G5 machines >> >> Caveats: >> - Do not run ofwdump on an SMP system, as it can cause hangs (also a >> 32-bit bug) >> - Many ports (e.g. X and GTK) need patches not currently in the ports tree >> to compile, since this is a new platform >> >> Instructions: >> svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/projects/ppc64 >> cd ppc64 >> make buildworld buildkernel installkernel installworld distribution >> DESTDIR=/path/to/installation TARGET_ARCH=powerpc64 >> >> I would appreciate any feedback or tests, as well as testing on 32-bit >> Book-E systems to make sure I did not break anything. Many thanks to Andreas >> Tobler for his tireless testing efforts during development of this port. >> -Nathan >> >> > I've finally had a chance to test it, but it hangs with the string > > Kernel entry at 0x1034e0... > > nothing more. I tried booting verbose, but that gave nothing, it looks > like it may not even be leaving the loader. > > - Justin > I just tried a fresh head boot, and I got the same thing loading a ppc32 kernel. Trying with hw.physmem=512M (the machine has 4GB physical memory) failed as well, and loading a ppc32 kernel from loader.ppc64 same result. Any ideas of how to continue debugging this? - Justin