Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:22:10 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Request for review/testing: G5 support Message-ID: <49CAD8C2.7000008@freebsd.org>
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I'd like to merge the G5 support currently in Perforce soon, to ensure some testing with it before the 8.0 code freeze. There are a few remaining bugs/issues listed below, but I think fixing them will be faster and easier once this is in the tree, and they are not serious issues in general. A diff against -CURRENT can be found at http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/ppcg5.diff. If there is sufficient interest, I can make a CD image with the patch applied. Notes: - For SMU-based systems (later model Powermac G5s, and all G5 iMacs), there is currently no support for controlling the fans. Your machine will be loud. - Adjusting the volume of the built-in audio on my G5 iMac does not work -- it is stuck at maximum - PCI Express systems likely do not work. - SMP is currently tested only on an emulator, where it works fine -- I'd appreciate any test reports - Serial consoles seem to be broken at the moment - If you set CPUTYPE=970 in make.conf, be *absolutely sure* to add -mno-powerpc64 to CFLAGS, or you will get strange runtime errors. Everything else (built-in devices, X, etc.) should work. Please let me know how it goes if you try the patch! -Nathan
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