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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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