From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FC7C3AB29C for ; Thu, 7 May 2026 12:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1778158215; cv=none; b=ufZsXhjG2nVko5lMAKbjRAFsakAqhLmTMPX3gnFRoMlLFiHLboHaGuhJ8gsSxMKhvIeqb4SE31CHk4BNtQVhsbUrdR+EqIeAgQ3Fptuh/t9xlIGUUEi2b7Pd/W2tueo7n9C9WB45HhkCejAd9PDmNURJ9S+0Rv+Rywtmeh2zUQ0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1778158215; c=relaxed/simple; bh=QSh8jThHICXuUVGJgINpqRM8HlLwfBMnkbu7JT3NLMA=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=tW6g/s4rMx332+3R6Feu1nuEJfvzaqqy1HJiekSqTBmPa6KpoO9HlufxeSEMSKD0rMD0gfdIUKwoK76EyLdJqCmiyF+B2V0NE175bG199upMUHpK1kt8sYjEACQmIULjIDnQRfqL4Ydh3tBBa+/Bor67aD7QG8gqIXuKXdWX3mk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=XWgXThuk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="XWgXThuk" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5A4AAC2BCB2; Thu, 7 May 2026 12:50:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1778158214; bh=QSh8jThHICXuUVGJgINpqRM8HlLwfBMnkbu7JT3NLMA=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=XWgXThukIABwKYJsWjwsKa6pppZBzUzvOsXejT9LTPb6Vj+KsuunwfkQF62VWNKKb E1Byhvhmx5SgzrehPT92r9oIPopjMfJTi6+JPcRwfIbS5ivLUu2gv03rh8f55xDbNR uavfnBA1TxsKA3de+tWcY69nD+P089C/0JaCNE77eZLxf02MPy6euk8Axv19Su2aPe IpIW/Xa4mjdoeVEvWTFOLFp9fFj74MOGEQB3lCLmJABJZ3GNUuEGyd+XJKp1uyrpKN kVHNtsFBll8nzgfOilmjznQj6TUbad6WKdlDch4vPtwQUHWU0hQNjpPW+MsyKsGBDj a3n74uKsIi5kw== Message-ID: <342c49e7-fdcc-43c1-a11e-b52d626730ef@kernel.org> Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 22:50:09 +1000 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/g5: Enable all windfarms by default To: Linus Walleij Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan , Nicholas Piggin , "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260505-powermac-g5-config-v3-1-7747bf72f874@kernel.org> <5a28c484-5500-4b68-b837-28d30648e592@kernel.org> Content-Language: en-US From: Michael Ellerman In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 7/5/2026 03:30, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM Michael Ellerman wrote: > >> I don't have any G5s anymore, but the ones I did have used the other >> windfarm drivers so I never hit this. >> >> You might be the last person on earth booting Linux on those :) > > Not really, Sean (Action Retro) did this thing and follow-ups on > YouTube: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Ugfqj1ank > > Including installing a contemporary graphics card: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPDd1Y0flSg Nice. But the driver you enabled, PM72, is for PowerMac7,2, which is 2-3 years older, and does not have PCI-E. So if you have one of those it's even more special. > This likely means he inspired a whole bunch of geeks to > go and do the same. :) Hopefully one of them volunteers to be powermac maintainer ;) cheers