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Hello,
On Jul 20, 2007, at 13:31, Sampson Stein wrote:
> +++ Michael Lorenz [freebsd] [20/07/07 13:19 -0400]:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2007, at 01:35, Sampson Stein wrote:
>>
>>> +++ Michael Lorenz [freebsd] [19/07/07 23:36
-0400]:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 19, 2007, at 23:06, Sampson Stein
wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> +++ Michael Lorenz [freebsd] [19/07/07
14:26 -0400]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 19, 2007, at 14:02, Sampson
Stein wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I want to use that obj dir
whilst building on the FreeBSD
>>>>>>> machine, but wouldnt using '-O
/usr/netbsd/obj' to build.sh
>>>>>>> result in paths being screwed
up when installing from the mac?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No. obj is for .o files and similar
stuff, the actual userland
>>>>>> you're building will show up in
whatever dir you passed as
>>>>>> destination using - -D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, how should I upgrade the
userland and such on the mac..
>>>>>>> the kernel, I just copied it...
but I'm guessing if I did all
>>>>>>> the building on the freebsd, I
could use build.sh to install too
>>>>>>> correct?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, but I usually prefer building
tarballs ( build.sh sets,
>>>>>> they'll show up in whatever you
passed as release dir -R ) - tar
>>>>>> xpzf base.tgz etc., then run
'postinstall fix' to get rid of
>>>>>> obsolete files an such ( make sure
/usr.src points at your
>>>>>> sources or postinstall won't work
)
>>>>>> With tarballs you can build
everything on FreeBSD and just unpack
>>>>>> on the Mac.
>>>>>
>>>>> By /usr.src did you mean /usr/src?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. I'm fluent in typo :p
>>>>
>>>>> Also, should be unpacking these
tarballs to /? like... `cd /; tar
>>>>> xpzf /path/to/tarballs/tarball.tgz;
postinstall fix'
>>>>> correct?
>>>>
>>>> Exactly. the p option is important so file
permissions and
>>>> ownership will be restored correctly -
without that you'd end up
>>>> with - for instance - a /usr/bin/su without
suid bit set which
>>>> therefore wouldn't work.
>>>>
>>>> have fun
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>> Alright man, thanks a lot. I got it working
now, except for a little
>>> hickup
>>> in the postinstall fix command, I ran it again
and it tries to do
>>> the part it
>>> failed on, which I will attach a typescript of
it to this email,
>>
>> It complains about being unable to remove
/usr/share/sendmail for
>> some reason ( sendmail was removed a while ago and
replaced with
>> postfix ) - that error is harmless, just delete the
directory by
>> hand.
>>
>>> as well as the output of 'ofctl -p'.
>>
>> Eh, I see the mach64 but it doesn't have an
OpenFirmware ROM it seems
>> so you won't be able to use it as console.
>>
>>> I also have attached an intel ethernet card,
that works like a charm.
>>
>> Most PCI device drivers should Just Work, even
though many of them
>> have never been used on macppc. You may want to
pick up a cheap USB
>> card though, the one button Apple mice get annoying
quickly in X.
>> So, you /may/ be able to use the mach64 in X - put
this into your
>> kernel config:
>> options OFB_FAKE_VGA_FB
>> this lets X mmap the region usually occupied by the
legacy VGA
>> framebuffer ( 0xa0000-0xbffff ) which is unused on
macppc but some
>> stupid, PC-centric XFree86 drivers insist on
playing with it even if
>> it has no effect.
>> options OFB_ALLOW_OTHERS
>> This will allow the Xserver to access other devices
than the console
>> display through /dev/ttyE0. Obviously a monstrous
security hole,
>> that's why it's not enabled by default.
>> Use the wsfb driver for the onboard fb and atimisc
for the mach64.
>>
>> have fun
>> Michael
>>
> Thanks a lot man, everything's working like a charm...
I'll try that
> stuff
> for X out, btw.. I have the config set to use the new
adb and such,
> works
> great as well. Now to figure out what the heck to do
with this thing xD
Gah, I just had a look at the source - OFB_ALLOW_OTHERS got
nuked but
if you really want to play with that I'll send you a patch.
wsfb should
work with the onboard fb though.
have fun
Michael
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