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Re: G5-enabled ofwboot.xcf



Jaap Boender <jaapb%kerguelen.org@localhost> wrote:

> Is there an ofwboot.xcf available somewhere online that works on the G5? 
> I've got a PowerMac 11,2 that I'm trying to get to run NetBSD, but I 
> can't set up a TFTP server (being at work) so I'm trying to boot the 
> POWERMAC_G5{,.MP} kernel from a USB stick.
> 
> I'm getting the same memory error reported in thread [1] - I imagine 
> this means that the ofwboot.xcf from the current daily build doesn't get 
> compiled with the flags mentioned in [2].
> 
> Is a working version of ofwboot.xcf available, or would someone mind 
> putting one somewhere so I can try it? (Can I cross-compile it on my 
> laptop, otherwise? Or do I have to setup a TFTP server somehow for 
> things to work?)
> 
> [1] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2019/03/12/msg002560.html
> [2] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2019/02/20/msg002554.html

Isn't the working version of ofwboot.xcf called ofwboot.elf? :)
Have you tried it?

-uwe



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