From gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk Sun Mar 9 14:51:53 2008 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BE1106566B for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw2.york.ac.uk (mail-gw2.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCCE8FC19 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw6.york.ac.uk (mail-gw6.york.ac.uk [144.32.129.26]) by mail-gw2.york.ac.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m29Epnue026162 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:49 GMT Received: from ga9test2.york.ac.uk ([144.32.128.105]) by mail-gw6.york.ac.uk with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JYMsP-0006LI-SO for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:51:49 +0000 Received: from ga9test2.york.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ga9test2.york.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m29EpMb6068201 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:22 GMT (envelope-from gavin@ga9test2.york.ac.uk) Received: (from root@localhost) by ga9test2.york.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m29EpMOB068200; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:22 GMT (envelope-from gavin) Message-Id: <200803091451.m29EpMOB068200@ga9test2.york.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:51:22 GMT From: Gavin Atkinson Reply-To: Gavin Atkinson To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: ppc platform page on website out of date X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 121526 >Category: www >Synopsis: [patch] ppc platform page on website out of date >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: jkois >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 09 15:00:04 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: Mon Jun 09 19:32:20 UTC 2008 >Last-Modified: Mon Jun 9 19:40:02 UTC 2008 >Originator: Gavin Atkinson >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD ga9test2.york.ac.uk 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #0: Fri Nov 16 19:12:38 UTC 2007 root@myers.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: The page at http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html is quite out-of-date, and hasn't been updated to show that official 7.0-RELEASE ISOs are now available for the platform. I've also rearranged the content slightly so that the platforms pages are more consistent with each other. >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: --- ppc.diff begins here --- Index: www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/ncvs/www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.20 diff -u -r1.20 ppc.sgml --- www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml 2 Feb 2007 07:41:09 -0000 1.20 +++ www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml 9 Mar 2008 14:38:54 -0000 @@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ &header; -

General Information

+

Introduction

+ +

The FreeBSD/ppc project pages contain information about the FreeBSD + port to the PowerPC® architecture. As with the port itself, these + pages are still a work in progress.

+ +

Table Of Contents

-

Introduction

- -

The FreeBSD/ppc project pages contain information about the FreeBSD - port to the PowerPC® architecture. As with the port itself, these - pages are still a work in progress.

+

Status

-

The FreeBSD/ppc port is still a Tier-2 platform. That means it is +

The FreeBSD/ppc port is still a + + Tier 2 platform. That means it is not being fully supported by our security officer, release engineers and toolchain maintainers.

@@ -38,8 +42,11 @@

Latest News

    -
  • 25 June, 2005: This page has been - significantly updated.
    • +
  • 03 March, 2008: Support for Freescale® + PowerQUICC III MPC85XX family system-on-chip development boards + has been committed into CVS.
    • +
  • 27 February, 2008: FreeBSD 7.0 is the first + release to officially support the FreeBSD/ppc port.
@@ -55,10 +62,9 @@

How can I install FreeBSD/ppc?

-

There are ISO images available for download - here. - Latest 7.0-CURRENT ISO image can be downloaded - here. +

ISO images of FreeBSD &rel.current; suitable for New-World Macs are + available for download, for details of how to obtain these see the + release announcement. Please follow instructions given here.

@@ -149,8 +155,8 @@

FreeBSD/ppc mailing list

-

To subscribe to this list, send mail to - freebsd-ppc-subscribe@FreeBSD.org +

To subscribe to this list, send mail to or visit mailman interface.

@@ -161,6 +167,8 @@
  • No AltiVec support yet.
    • +
  • G5 CPUs are unsupported.
    • +
  • SMP is not yet supported.
  • On-board BMAC+ ethernet does not work. There is a work-in-progress bm(4) driver available on Peter Grehan's personal page here (see if_bm.c and --- ppc.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Gavin Atkinson To: bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: www/121526: ppc platform page on website out of date Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:37:17 +0000 (GMT) Additionally, this page should probably be moved from ppc.sgml to powerpc.sgml to match the official name of the platform. The references to "FreeBSD/ppc" would also need correcting on the page if this were to be done, I am happy to do that and to create a redirect page to live at ppc.html if people are in agreement. Gavin Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-www->jkois Responsible-Changed-By: jkois Responsible-Changed-When: Fri May 23 19:00:26 UTC 2008 Responsible-Changed-Why: I will take it. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=121526 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: jkois State-Changed-When: Mon Jun 9 19:31:38 UTC 2008 State-Changed-Why: Committed. Close the PR. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=121526 From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service) To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: www/121526: commit references a PR Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:30:56 +0000 (UTC) jkois 2008-06-09 19:30:50 UTC FreeBSD doc repository Modified files: en/platforms ppc.sgml Log: PR: www/121526 Update/rearrange the powerpc status page. Contributed by: Gavin Atkinson Revision Changes Path 1.21 +26 -19 www/en/platforms/ppc.sgml _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "cvs-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >Unformatted: