From nobody Tue Mar 19 18:12:42 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Tzfw76Ck9z5F3KR for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:12:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (udns.ultimatedns.net [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "ultimatedns.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Tzfw730Psz4k2s for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:12:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 42JIChcR061880; Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:12:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=ultimatedns.net; s=mx99; t=1710871969; x=1710872569; r=y; bh=sGOp/NgejmLyXPvqyWd42xsLCmx0zGVVh5iwMMENKeg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=IXrVcuBcV65cdiQMp7RPHrbmqyK1rCMFVUFjJVl3TVouScgMTwx82HUTgNnmyB6Wg OZM4DrEvfOkpcmEd/SHQXjxdXpCEXchyqE9eJYhPOHLm1u6C/bye1qL+z0mg85+ZfR liRJoR9Jifie4d2V2gnmQGOWWoBzmUJ92Q0YsGwx1OPgSbitQg1q+/aS2mwK+EmJ72 jTSVpOryEAIF46u6bVEploTkXx9xL0HUOXcUxU8dBGukJ7p9Zg+MjiGR7N0sC4FDJ6 h3ewqvqxaiFWFER2ktNVKZrCEiTnW+gnm+0o1Y0FNc+bsXMaHkAiy+ckhxs7GCCVSn 42pCllvi37PVA== List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ppc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:12:42 -0700 From: Chris To: Joe Nosay Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: On the project. In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: UDNSMS/17.0 Message-ID: <8a80b1500ac56b5cf4fa5d19acae0249@bsdforge.com> X-Sender: bsd-lists@bsdforge.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11404, ipnet:24.113.0.0/16, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Tzfw730Psz4k2s On 2024-03-18 11:30, Joe Nosay wrote: > Researching, I have come upon information that the iSight will hold a > maximum of 4.5 GB RAM while the other iMac G5 > is limited at 2GB RAM. > Brltty needs to have ./autogen ran first. > cat configure|more using `less configure` will require less typing. :) > I do not understand the mindset of this community at times. > I am very certain that the Americans with Disabilities Act and the visually > impaired community would gladly - and there is information on > the forums - work again - notice the word "again" because they have asked > multiple times in the past - with the FreeBSD community. > I am not blind; yet, it seems to make more sense in the FreeBSD community > to set up NetFlix while ignoring millions of people who would benefit from > FreeBSD working with braille devices. > Before any of you reply with sarcasm or excuses- > I need neurosurgery. > It is a shame that someone in bad health as myself is the only one willing > to work on this. While I cannot speak to the overall state of support for your hardware needs. I can say that you will likely receive support in your efforts from those on the list that have any knowledge where you struggle. > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 9:28 AM Joe Nosay wrote: > >> I have two iMac G5s: one single core with 2G RAM, the other dual core with >> 512M RAM. >> What is the maximum RAM that each will be able to use under FreeBSD? >> The project will be brltty on PPC64 and others that use a bootloader. >> PPC64 will be the initial setup. >> I have read through the config/configure file of the brltty source code. >> The open firmware references in the FreeBSD PPC64 were also read. >> Before I restart on the project, here is the basic information: >> Brltty configure will need to be rewritten to include the open firmware >> references. >> I have never used the FreeBSD version of the device tree referenced to >> as the "flattened device tree." The only use/ reference/ experience was >> directly accessing open firmware from the forth prompt. >> Currently, I have no braille devices here due to an extremely limited >> income. I'm going to do a port build and not a package setup of both >> computers. More RAM will need to be purchased. Because the >> computers are at someone else's place and that I need to purchase >> my own mobile dedicated network along with wireless dongles, this may >> take some time. >> I will inform you (pl) again when the next step or so is done. >> >>