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Update to reflect "recent" changes, like the powerpc64 port, and remove

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a bunch of warnings that apply only to older versions of FreeBSD. Provide
some guidance on when to install the 32-bit vs. 64-bit port now that there
is a choice.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA ".."> <!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml,v 1.28 2011/08/17 08:53:52 ryusuke Exp $"> <!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml,v 1.29 2011/09/05 19:11:14 gjb Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD/ppc Project"> <!ENTITY title "FreeBSD/ppc Project">
<!ENTITY email 'freebsd-ppc'> <!ENTITY email 'freebsd-ppc'>
<!ENTITY % navinclude.developers "INCLUDE"> <!ENTITY % navinclude.developers "INCLUDE">
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<h3><a name="news">Latest News</a></h3> <h3><a name="news">Latest News</a></h3>
<ul> <ul>
<li><strong>03 April, 2009</strong>: Support for the PowerPC G5 <li><strong>05 January, 2011</strong>: Support for the Sony Playstation 3
has been committed to SVN.</li> has been committed to SVN.</li>
<li><strong>13 July, 2010</strong>: Support for the powerpc64 architecture
added.</li>
<li><strong>03 March, 2008</strong>: Support for Freescale&reg; <li><strong>03 March, 2008</strong>: Support for Freescale&reg;
PowerQUICC III MPC85XX family system-on-chip development boards PowerQUICC III MPC85XX family system-on-chip development boards
has been committed into CVS.</li> has been committed into CVS.</li>
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<ol> <ol>
<li><a href="#1">How can I install FreeBSD/ppc</a></li> <li><a href="#1">How can I install FreeBSD/ppc</a></li>
<li><a href="#3">How to use ports on FreeBSD/ppc?</a></li> <li><a href="#3">How to use ports on FreeBSD/ppc?</a></li>
<li><a href="#4">Who should I contact?</a></li> <li><a href="#4">Should I install powerpc or powerpc64?</a></li>
<li><a href="#5">Who should I contact?</a></li>
</ol> </ol>
<h4><a name="1">How can I install FreeBSD/ppc?</a></h4> <h4><a name="1">How can I install FreeBSD/ppc?</a></h4>
<p>ISO images of FreeBSD &rel.current; suitable for New-World Macs are <p>ISO images of FreeBSD &rel.current; suitable for New-World Macs are
available for download, for details on how to obtain these see the available for download, for details on how to obtain these see the
<a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/announce.html">release announcement.</a> <a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/announce.html">release announcement.</a></p>
Please follow instructions given
<a href="http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/ppcinstall.txt">here</a>.</p>
<h4><a name="3">How to use ports on FreeBSD/ppc?</a></h4> <h4><a name="3">How to use ports on FreeBSD/ppc?</a></h4>
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html">use <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html">use
the Ports Collection</a>.</p> the Ports Collection</a>.</p>
<h4><a name="4">Who should I contact?</a></h4> <h4><a name="4">Should I install powerpc or powerpc64?</a></h4>
<p>The powerpc64 port provides a 64-bit kernel and userland, and is supported
on all 64-bit CPUs. Users of 32-bit CPUs (G3, G4) must use the 32-bit
powerpc platform, users of 64-bit CPUs that support 32-bit operating
systems (G5) have a choice, and users of 64-bit CPUs that do not (Cell)
must use powerpc64. For those users with a choice, powerpc64 provides
some additional features (the ability to use more than 2 GB of RAM and
ZFS support) while having slightly worse ports support due to being
a newer and less common architecture. Like other 64-bit platforms,
FreeBSD/powerpc64 supports running 32-bit binaries as well as 64-bit ones.
</p>
<h4><a name="5">Who should I contact?</a></h4>
<p><a href="mailto:grehan@FreeBSD.org">Peter Grehan</a> is the project <p><a href="mailto:grehan@FreeBSD.org">Peter Grehan</a> is the project
leader. Contact him if you can contribute code. If you just want leader. Contact him if you can contribute code. If you just want
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<h3><a name="hardware">Supported Hardware</a></h3> <h3><a name="hardware">Supported Hardware</a></h3>
<p>The FreeBSD/ppc port should run on any New-World machine (any Apple <p>The FreeBSD/ppc port should run on any New-World Apple machine (any Apple
machine with a built-in USB port). People reported FreeBSD runs on machine with a built-in USB port), as well as the Sony Playstation 3. A
following machines:</p> port to IBM pSeries hardware is in progress. People reported FreeBSD runs
on following machines:</p>
<table class="tblbasic"> <table class="tblbasic">
<tr class="heading"> <tr class="heading">
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<h3><a name="issues">Known Issues</a></h3> <h3><a name="issues">Known Issues</a></h3>
<ul> <ul>
<li>sysinstall cannot partition disks correctly &mdash; gpart must be used instead.</li>
<li>For ATI Radeon-based machines, a ofw syscons range check needs to be
relaxed using the sysctl hw.ofwfb.relax_mmap.</li>
<li>There is a known bug in the boot-loader, that prevents you from <li>There is a known bug in the boot-loader, that prevents you from
loading an alternate kernel, so testing your kernel is a bit risky. loading an alternate kernel, so testing your kernel is a bit risky.
When booting the loader from the Open Firmware prompt, give it a When booting the loader from the Open Firmware prompt, give it a