Subject: Re: what's at PA 0x04000000? (pearpc)
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/21/2004 10:36:57
On Thu, 20 May 2004, Matt Thomas wrote:
> >         [IO/Generic] <Warning> no one is responsible for address 04000000
> > (write: 00000000 from 0097a59c)
> >         singlestep set from io.h:83, info:
> >         machine check exception and MSR[ME]=0.
> >         Abort (core dumped)
> >
> >I wonder what's at (probably physical) address 0x4000000 of a PowerMac?
>
> Memory.  64MB is a reasonable memory address.  What's at 97a59c?
> Kernels start at 0x100000, not 0x800000.

Um, the bootloader?
This is how far it gets: http://www.feyrer.de/Misc/pearpc.gif
ISO image booted here is the 1.6.2 macppc.iso.


 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>