On Mar 19, 2014 1:46 PM, "Christian Groessler" <chris%groessler.org@localhost> wrote:
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> Hi again,
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> On 03/13/14 00:03, Christian Groessler wrote:
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>> I'm trying to install -current on a dual PowerMac G5 which was recently given to me.
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>> ofwboot.xcf seems to crash before it starts to load the kernel. I found a similar problem
>> in the archives (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2009/09/27/msg000876.html)
>> but there was no response to this message.
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>> I've tried the latest ofwboot.xcf as well as older ones lying around over here, but I always
>> get the same crash, which is described in the message cited above. For the different
>> ofwboot.xcfs the SRR0 values are slightly different which I interpret as the crash address.
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>> http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/models.html cites G5 PowerMacs as being supported,
>> so what is wrong?
>>
>> Am I missing a OF setting I need to make or something?
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> Hmm, no response. Is this list still alive?
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> I did some research, and ofwboot.xcf crashes in sys/lib/libsa/loadfile_elf32.c, function loadfile().
> It tries to load the kernel to address 0x100000.
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> I've added a line of code to write something to 0x100000 just before the READ() call,
> with a printf before and after.
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> The printf before appears, but not the printf after. So it seems that address 0x100000
> is not writable (or present).
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> dev /openprom
> .properties
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> reports Openfirmware 4.
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> So it looks like Openfirmware 4 is not supported. Is this correct?
It's alive. I don't know how to solve your problem so I didn't answer.
Does a crash mean it isn't supported or just broken? I don't know.
Andy