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Linux systems running on PowerPC microprocessors.
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adder875 boot fail
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Hi there, I have a adder875 board and I am trying to run linux 2..6.30 on it. However, the kernel can't bootup and fails at head_8xx.S. I've traced the code down and found it fails at the following point: ============================== ======================= mtspr SPRN_M_TWB, r6 lis r4,2f@h... more »
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latest beta "dis.of" can detect hidden or disguised ppc instructions
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I have continued adding extra capabilities to "dis.of", the PowerPC Macintosh Open Firmware disassembler whenever I find spare time over the past six months, including some unorthodox user-preference options: nextline vs sameline These options determine how much clutter 'asm' leaves on screen when inputting a sequence of assembler instructions. Typing 'sameline' at any... more »
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mmap returning MAP_FAILED
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I am running Linux 2.6.26 on an MPC8248. In my application, mmap is returning MAP_FAILED. The arguments to mmap are start = 0, length = 2680, prot = 3, flags = MAP_SHARED, fd = 5, offset = 0. errno = 22 "Invalid argument" I looked at the man page for mmap and don't see a reason why this is happening. Any ideas?... more »
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Wifi install possible with PowerbookG3 wallstreet ?
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Hi, I have done several wifi installing of Debian on some other powerbooks, with the same wifi cards which work, but the Wallstreet is hanging. I wonder if anyone has tried this or had any related difficulties. I have send mail to debian-powerpc list but am sending here too to possibly hear about other distros. Convenience of debian is small... more »
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running Mac OS on a movable harddisk?
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Hello. I currently run OpenSUSE on my iBook G4 / powerpc. Most of my daily work is done on OpenSuSE. I also want to occassionally run Mac OS X 10.4 because some computer games only run on Mac OS, also because I want to use a few weekend to learn objective-C GUI programming. I wonder if it is possible to install Mac OS X on a removable USB... more »
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Machine check while reading DMA Status Registers
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I am repeatedly seeing a machine check when reading one of the DMA Status Registers (DMASRx). Our board has an MPC8248 processor running Linux 2.6.26. We are using PCI DMA as described in section 9.13 of the MPC8272 PowerQUICC II Family Reference Manual. The machine check occurs after our system is running anywhere from 8 to 50 hours, during... more »
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sources.list
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Hello, I'm running debian on my old G3 blue&white and I got some issues with installing packages. KDE installation fails, saying the package is missing dependencies. Could it be the entries in my sources.list that cause the problem? What servers should be referenced in the sources.list? Thanks in advance for any help!... more »
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Best distro for a PM 5500?
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Hello, I've got a Power Mac 5500/225, 128 MB RAM (with a 400 MHz Sonnet Crescendo G3 overclocked to 500 MHz) and have tried to install both Yellowdog 4.1 and Debian 5 with BootX without success. Yellowdog will simply have a kernel panic during bootup and Debian will hang during the installation phase.... more »
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Driver function to clear ARP entries?
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Is there a function that can be called in a Linux network device driver that can clear the ARP entries for a particular interface? I am running Linux 2.6.26 for powerpc.
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