NetBSD/macppc news archive


November 2005
2005-11-02: NetBSD 2.1 released
NetBSD 2.1, the first maintenance release of the netbsd-2 release branch, has been released with binary distributions for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.1 release announcement.

December 2004
2004-12-09: NetBSD 2.0 released
NetBSD 2.0 released with support for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.0 release announcement.

March 2004
2004-03-01: NetBSD 1.6.2 released
NetBSD 1.6.2 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.2 release announcement.

September 2003
2003-09-09: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2003-09-09 sources, including XFree86 4.3.0, is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

April 2003
2003-04-21: NetBSD 1.6.1 released
NetBSD 1.6.1 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.1 release announcement.

September 2002
2002-09-14: NetBSD 1.6 released
NetBSD 1.6 released with support for 39 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6 release announcement.

August 2002
2002-08-05: Experimental Multiprocessor support in -current
Chuck Silvers has added experimental support for the second CPU in PowerMacintosh G4 and 9500/180MP systems. Most likely this will add support for the second CPU in 9600/200MP and Xserve systems as well. To enable MP suport, add "options MULTIPROCESSOR" to your kernel configuration file (or use a GENERIC.MP kernel). Note, NetBSD 1.6 will not have MP support available.

July 2002
2002-07-22: NetBSD 1.5.3 released
NetBSD 1.5.3 released with support for 20 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.3 release announcement.

April 2002
2002-04-10: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2002-04-07 sources is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

November 2001
2001-11-12: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2001-11-11 sources is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

2001-11-02: IDE problems with some newer machines running NetBSD 1.5.2
It appears that there might be some issues with newer models which support ATA4 devices in NetBSD 1.5.2. There is no immediate workaround, you should post to port-macppc@NetBSD.org for assistance. There are two reports of the latest firmware update (4.1.9) from Apple introducing this problem on a previously working system, the iMac (Summer 2000).

September 2001
2001-09-13: NetBSD 1.5.2 released
NetBSD 1.5.2 released with support for 21 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.2 release announcement.

August 2001
2001-08-04: Binary Packages
Over 350 MB of binary packages available for NetBSD 1.5.1 and later.

2001-08-02: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2001-08-01 sources is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

September 2001
2001-09-13: NetBSD 1.5.2 released
NetBSD 1.5.2 released with support for 21 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.2 release announcement.

July 2001
2001-07-11: NetBSD 1.5.1 released
NetBSD 1.5.1 released with support for 21 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5.1 release announcement.

May 2001
2001-05-12: 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot available
A NetBSD/macppc 1.5.1_BETA2 snapshot, based off of 1.5.1 sources as of 2001-05-09, is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

April 2001
2001-04-09: 1.5.1_BETA snapshot available
A NetBSD/macppc 1.5.1_BETA snapshot, based off of 1.5.1 sources as of 2001-04-08, is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5.1 was released on July 11th, 2001)

2001-04-08: Warning about Apple's 4.1.7 or 4.1.8 Firmware
Apple recently released a new version of firmware for recent models. There are two reports of PowerBook G4 machines being unable to boot NetBSD after this upgrade. Also, many people are having problems with their third-party RAM.

March 2001
2001-03-31: 1.4.3A snapshot available
A NetBSD/macppc 1.4.3A snapshot based off of netbsd-1-4 sources as of 2001-03-24 is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

2001-03-24: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2001-03-23 sources is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

2001-03-22: Improvements regarding Daystar dual 604 card
Tsubai Masanari has merged his MP tree into NetBSD-current. At this point, the Daystar dual 604 card (i.e. Power Macintosh 9500/180MP and 9600/200MP) runs at least into single-user mode, possibly multi-user mode (not stable yet).

2001-03-12: Linux compatibility enabled for PowerPC ports
Emmanuel Dreyfus has integrated Linux binary compatibility for PowerPC ports. This means that NetBSD/macppc is now able to run LinuxPPC binaries such as Netscape Communicator.

December 2000
2000-12-06: NetBSD 1.5 released
NetBSD 1.5 released with support for 20 architectures. More information is available in the 1.5 release announcement.


November 2000
2000-11-27: New -current snapshot available
A new -current snapshot based on 2000-11-25 sources is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

2000-11-25: NetBSD 1.4.3 released
NetBSD 1.4.3 released with support for 16 architectures. More information is available in the 1.4.3 release announcement.

2000-11-07: 1.5_BETA2 snapshot
A NetBSD/macppc 1.5_BETA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

October 2000
2000-10-31: New Mozilla port available
Charles Hannum has ported Mozilla to the PowerPC CPU type. A prebuilt package for NetBSD/macppc 1.5 is available, see the mozilla page under the NetBSD Packages Collection. More information on this, and the other CPU types that there are new Mozilla ports for, is available in Charles' message in the netbsd-announce mail archive.

2000-10-23: 1.5_BETA snapshot
A NetBSD/macppc 1.5_BETA snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

August 2000
2000-08-30: First 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot
The first NetBSD/macppc 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

July 2000
2000-07-13: First 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot
The first macppc 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot, based off of 1.4.3 sources as of 2000-07-07, is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.4.3 was released on November 25th, 2000)

June 2000
2000-06-22: First 1.5_ALPHA snapshot
The first macppc 1.5_ALPHA snapshot, based off of 1.5 sources as of 2000-06-20, is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server. (snapshot deprecated. NetBSD 1.5 was released on December 6th, 2000)

2000-06-08: New snapshot available
A new snapshot based on 2000-06-06 sources is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

March 2000
2000-03-19: NetBSD 1.4.2 released
NetBSD 1.4.2 released with support for 16 architectures.

February 2000
2000-02-25: NetBSD-current snapshot
A new snapshot based on 2000-02-05 sources is now available in the NetBSD/macppc snapshot area of the ftp server.

October 1999
1999-10-28: Model support page
Model support page by Makoto Fujiwara added

May 1999
1999-05-12: NetBSD-1.4 released
The NetBSD 1.4 release supports sixteen architectures, and was distributed free by Usenix to all 1999 ATC attendees.

April 2000
2000-04-29: ddb
ddb (the kernel debugger) now has access to the kernel symbol table, if you boot with ofwboot.

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