head -r365932 on PowerMac G5 (2 dual-core sockets): Crashes before login prompt if powerd is enabled in /etc/rc.conf

[Mark Millard]

On 2020-Sep-22, at 14:43, Brandon Bergren <bdragon at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020, at 4:27 PM, Mark Millard wrote:
>> 
>> On the 2 dual-core socket G5:
>> 
>> # sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq
>> dev.cpu.0.freq: 2500
> 
> OK, thanks for the confirmation.
> 
> FWIW I still haven't found time to figure out what's going on with dual-processor G4. But it breaking even earlier than usual is indeed a regression over last time I tested it, where it would work until smp, at which point IIRC it would have timebase issues.
> 
> I'll burn some boot media and check mine.

I can not boot the G3 or any of the G4's that I have
now tried, including single socket ones. All die
immediately.

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