On 01/10/14(Wed) 04:26, The Mouse wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a PowerMac7,2 (Dual 2.0Ghz PPC970 stock hardware) unit that works > perfectly fine on OpenBSD until I try to use the MP kernel. > > The MP kernel right to the end and detects the root and swap partitions > then it hangs indefinately. (The SP kernel works perfectly, but only uses > one cpu.) > > I've tried 5.5 and the current snapshot from yesterday. I see the same issue. > > Has anyone else seen this before? Does anyone know what might be causing > this?
The MP support for G5 is actually not really working. I have a set of diffs to improve it, at least make it boot, that I'll try to commit shortly. I'll suggest you to stick to a SP kernel for the moment.
