Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 22:50:55 -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: <q2mfd9cd3451004091950p284aee19ube4575bb02892f04@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BBFD278.30804@freebsd.org> References: <g2kfd9cd3451004041522pec1d3740l7e3551284b619b5@mail.gmail.com> <4BBB6DC0.3030808@freebsd.org> <j2zfd9cd3451004081857o4f39ac5dr8bcd16873c874c30@mail.gmail.com> <y2qfd9cd3451004091754u5a1d4af0p54dacd41bbd65a93@mail.gmail.com> <4BBFD278.30804@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>wrote: > On 04/09/10 19:54, Justin Hibbits wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>wrote: > >> 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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 > > This sounds like an issue with syscons. Can you try setting > hw.syscons.disable=1 from the loader? That should make the kernel fall back > to the Open Firmware text console. > -Nathan > Same result, with both ppc32 and ppc64 kernels. Should I just start riddling the kernel with printf()s to track this down? - Justin
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