NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
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NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
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#2The fire extinguisher on the desk is a nice touch; though I'm not sure that's enough volume to extinguish a G4 fire.
Re: NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
#3The fire extinguisher on the desk is a nice touch; though I'm not sure that's enough volume to extinguish a G4 fire.
I don’t recall the G4 PowerPC designs being unusually hot running by standards of the day? The G5 was of course, but it was much worse in this regard than the G4.
Re: NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
#4Somewhere there are chip designers thinking they can create the first processor on which NetBSD cannot run. Have fun kids: many have tried that and failed!
Re: NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
#5Somewhere there are chip designers thinking they can create the first processor on which NetBSD cannot run. Have fun kids: many have tried that and failed!
Mill architecture?
Re: NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
#6For those who are not familiar with the author of this blog, he is a PowerPC enthusiast and the maintainer of TenFourFox, a Firefox port to PPC OS X. He's also currently working on a new PPC JIT for (modern) Firefox on Linux (a project for which he is looking for volunteers to assist him[1]) to bring it to speed parity with Chrome on PPC (which already has a PPC JIT).
[1] https://www.talospace.com/2019/03/pitch-into-firefox-jit.htm...
Re: NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
#7The fire extinguisher on the desk is a nice touch; though I'm not sure that's enough volume to extinguish a G4 fire.
I don’t recall the G4 PowerPC designs being unusually hot running by standards of the day? The G5 was of course, but it was much worse in this regard than the G4.
Yeah, the G5 was a scorcher. But I remember my G4 laptops turning my thighs red, too.
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#8Re: NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
#9The fire extinguisher on the desk is a nice touch; though I'm not sure that's enough volume to extinguish a G4 fire.
I don’t recall the G4 PowerPC designs being unusually hot running by standards of the day? The G5 was of course, but it was much worse in this regard than the G4.
As an owner of both G4 and G3 laptops, I can assure you, eggs will fry given the right task... The G3 was actually worse.
Re: NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t recall the G4 PowerPC designs being unusually hot running by standards of the day? The G5 was of course, but it was much worse in this regard than the G4.
As an owner of both G4 and G3 laptops, I can assure you, eggs will fry given the right task... The G3 was actually worse.
Long way from reports of fires. I’ve only heard of lithium batteries doing that