Re: Changes in porting based on new freeBSD support model?
Dennis Clarke <[email protected]>
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On 12/8/18 11:56 PM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 02:22:25 +0100 > Daniel Sharoh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Sorry if this is question is not supposed to go here. I've been using >> the freeBSD PPC port as a desktop since 10.3, which is now EoL. I see >> freeBSD follows a new support model, but given the tier 2 status of >> the PPC port, it is unclear to me how closely work for PPC tracks >> fully supported architectures. Is there conventional wisdom about >> when upgrading PPC freeBSD is sensible? It took a good deal of effort >> to build a working system on this old iMac G5, and I'm not sure >> attempting an upgrade is worth it if the main development target is >> the newer POWER systems. >> >> Thanks! >> > > Hi, > > Although our primary new work is targeting the POWER systems, we have > no plans to abandon the Apple PowerMac platforms. Though I no longer > have a working G5 for FreeBSD myself, I make every effort to debug with > those who do, and anything that's shared with the G4 I can test on my > various G4 systems. > > - Justin Speaking of which we xertainly do have a few issues after 341655 with networking and smp but the flat device tree seems to be stable. It may not be correct but we no longer have a panic. Dennis Clarke _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"