Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:54:39 -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: <y2qfd9cd3451004091754u5a1d4af0p54dacd41bbd65a93@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <j2zfd9cd3451004081857o4f39ac5dr8bcd16873c874c30@mail.gmail.com> References: <g2kfd9cd3451004041522pec1d3740l7e3551284b619b5@mail.gmail.com> <4BBB6DC0.3030808@freebsd.org> <j2zfd9cd3451004081857o4f39ac5dr8bcd16873c874c30@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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