Bug 165387

Summary:	bsdinstall(8) not starting with Apple G5 on powerpc64
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Daniel Morante <daniel>
Component:	powerpc	Assignee:	Andreas Tobler <andreast>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	9.0-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Daniel Morante 2012-02-22 07:20:18 UTC

Attempting to install FreeBSD on a Mac Pro G5 tower using the network install CD-ROM hangs with the following messages displayed on the console:

iichb0: I2C error
iichb0: I2C error
iichb0: I2C error
iichb0: I2C error
iichb0: I2C error
iichb0: I2C error
fcu0: iicbus write failed
..

The bsdinstall program does not start.

Fix: 

No Fix found.
How-To-Repeat: Boot a Power Mac Pro G5 from FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE powerpc64 media (network install media used in this case).

Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2012-02-27 01:13:54 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-ppc

reclassify.

Comment 2 Andreas Tobler freebsd_committer

2012-03-21 08:40:26 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-ppc->andreast

I committed a fix in r233188. 
http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/233188

Comment 3 Andreas Tobler freebsd_committer

2012-03-26 08:19:58 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Merged to stable9. Thanks!