ppc64 snapshot

[Justin Hibbits]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at 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?
>>
>>
> There isn't a snapshot currently -- you have to crossbuild and netboot for
> now. I am planning on making one in the next week or so after my next and
> final round of changes to support DMA above the 4 GB boundary. Your other
> option would be installing a 32-bit system, then building and installing a
> 64-bit kernel and world.
>
> Also, your machine is unsupported right now, even in 32-bit mode, due to a
> missing attachment for the OpenPIC in the U4 system controller. Adding that
> attachment is probably the work of an hour or two, however, if you find
> yourself with some free time, and Andreas Tobler is currently working on
> adding support for it for other reasons, so patches may already exist.
> -Nathan
>
>
Thanks, Nathan.  I'll try to get in touch with Andreas, and I'll see if I
can find some time to add the attachment.  Are there any good resources on
that?

- Justin