recent problems with PowerMac G5 64 bit USB

[Mark Millard]

On 2018-Dec-9, at 18:27, Tom Pusateri <pusateri at bangj.com> wrote:

> . . .
> uname -a reports powperpc not powerpc64 even though I downloaded powerpc64. Is there a way to check if it’s running in 32 bit mode or 64 bit mode?
> . . .

Use -p to see TARGET_ARCH . -a only shows TARGET. Compare the below:

# uname -a
FreeBSD FBSDG5L 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #4 r341766M: Sun Dec  9 13:46:38 PST 2018     markmi at FBSDFSSD:/usr/obj/powerpc64vtsc_xtoolchain-gcc/powerpc.powerpc64/usr/src/powerpc.powerpc64/sys/GENERIC64vtsc-NODBG  powerpc

vs hahvng -p showing powerpc64 as well:

# uname -ap
FreeBSD FBSDG5L 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #4 r341766M: Sun Dec  9 13:46:38 PST 2018     markmi at FBSDFSSD:/usr/obj/powerpc64vtsc_xtoolchain-gcc/powerpc.powerpc64/usr/src/powerpc.powerpc64/sys/GENERIC64vtsc-NODBG  powerpc powerpc64

I tend to use:

# uname -apKU
FreeBSD FBSDG5L 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #4 r341766M: Sun Dec  9 13:46:38 PST 2018     markmi at FBSDFSSD:/usr/obj/powerpc64vtsc_xtoolchain-gcc/powerpc.powerpc64/usr/src/powerpc.powerpc64/sys/GENERIC64vtsc-NODBG  powerpc powerpc64 1300004 1300004



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