Re: 11.2-RC3 powerpc CD image does not boot on PowerMac G4
Jukka Ukkonen <[email protected]>
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Broken SMP sounds like a plausible explanation. I don’t have the foggiest idea, though, what sort of changes have been done in the 11.x code and what to look for. --jau > On 25 Jun 2018, at 18.41, Nathan Whitehorn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe it's the 32-bit SMP stuff? I certainly have not tried running a 32-bit SMP system in a long time -- has anyone else? All the SMP focus lately has been on 64-bit systems. The timing sounds like about when it would spin up your secondary CPU. > -Nathan > >> On 06/25/18 08:38, Jukka Ukkonen wrote: >> PowerMac G4 QuickSilver, Jan-Aug 2002. >> 2 CPUs, PowerPC 7455 rev 2.1 @1GHz >> 1 GiB memory >> >> The system goes south so hard there is no panic message. >> The display just goes black for half a minute or so and then >> a reboot. >> >> --jau >> >> >>> On 25 Jun 2018, at 18.11, Nathan Whitehorn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Do you have any more information on this? Model number, panic message, etc.? It seems to work fine on other hardware. >>> -Nathan >>> >>>> On 06/22/18 06:42, Jukka A. Ukkonen wrote: >>>> >>>> The 11.2-RC3 powerpc CD image does not boot on PowerMac G4. >>>> It crashes during the kernel autoconfigure phase and tries >>>> to reboot. >>>> It is plain obvious that nobody has tested booting 11.2 ppc >>>> at all before something related to booting and early autoconfig >>>> activities has been committed. The last release which I know to >>>> boot properly on PowerMac G4 is 10.4. >>>> >>>> --jau >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] mailing list >>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"