ppc64 snapshot

[Justin Hibbits]

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:22 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?
>>
>> - Justin
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> I just finished implementing the last missing feature in the 64-bit PowerPC
> port, and there are no more 64-bit-specific bugs that I know about. Once M.
> Warner Losh's build system changes are in the tree, I will submit a final
> patch set for review, and merge it to head, but the port should be
> completely usable at this point.
>
> System Compatibility:
> - Apple G5 machines
>
> Caveats:
> - Do not run ofwdump on an SMP system, as it can cause hangs (also a 32-bit
> bug)
> - Many ports (e.g. X and GTK) need patches not currently in the ports tree
> to compile, since this is a new platform
>
> Instructions:
> svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/projects/ppc64
> cd ppc64
> make buildworld buildkernel installkernel installworld distribution
> DESTDIR=/path/to/installation TARGET_ARCH=powerpc64
>
> I would appreciate any feedback or tests, as well as testing on 32-bit
> Book-E systems to make sure I did not break anything. Many thanks to Andreas
> Tobler for his tireless testing efforts during development of this port.
> -Nathan
>
>
This is awesome.  I'm building it now to test (at least what I can, without
the U4 attachment).

Will those ports build and work correctly if built as ppc32, rather than
ppc64?

- Justin