The final models had a different host bridge (u4 instead of u3).
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:43:47AM +0200, Donovan Watteau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was recently offered a G5 which is not supported yet by OpenBSD
> (per www.openbsd.org/macppc.html):
> * Power Macintosh G5 (October 2005, dual core (PowerMac 11,2))
> is not supported yet.
> * SATA does not work on PowerMac G5 and Xserve G5 systems.
> (I do have the PowerMac 11,2 model)
>
> I was wondering what is preventing this hardware from being
> supported. Especially, if this is because of a lack of access
> to the hardware, I could provide such an access to the OpenBSD
> developpers, or I could help by testing kernels or such.
>
> Having this running OpenBSD would help testing and building big
> ppc ports, so I'd gladly help making it supported if this is
> possible!
>
> BTW, a big thank you to Dale Rahn for the PowerPC interrupt
> rewrite. This fixed all the "device timeout" I was having
> with wd0 and bm0 on my B&W G3. I haven't experienced a single
> device timeout since then.
>
> Thanks again,
> Donovan.
