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Date:      Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:57:17 -0400
From:      Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
To:        Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ppc64 snapshot
Message-ID:  <j2zfd9cd3451004081857o4f39ac5dr8bcd16873c874c30@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BBB6DC0.3030808@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>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
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> 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



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