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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-powerpc-utils" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="powerpc-utils.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Powerpc-Utils_&powerpcutils-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Powerpc-Utils">Powerpc-Utils</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <!--- this starts with a straight copy of the ppc version, we can replace |
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21 | the duplicate text with links after the build works --> |
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22 | |
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23 | <para>The Powerpc-Utils package contains a number of utilities for Power |
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24 | Macintoshes and other similar machines. Most of these utilities are now |
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25 | obsolete, but <command>nvsetenv</command> is needed by <command>ybin</command> |
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26 | to install the bootloader on an hfs partition.</para> |
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27 | |
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28 | <segmentedlist> |
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29 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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30 | |
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31 | <seglistitem> |
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32 | <seg>GCC, Gzip, Make, and Patch</seg> |
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33 | </seglistitem> |
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34 | </segmentedlist> |
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35 | |
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36 | </sect2> |
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37 | |
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38 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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39 | <title>Installation of Powerpc-Utils</title> |
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40 | |
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41 | <caution> |
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42 | |
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43 | <para>There is a question mark hanging over this package - |
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44 | until we can get the bootloader to work, we cannot be certain |
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45 | if any of the issues are in fact within this package's build. |
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46 | </para> |
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47 | |
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48 | </caution> |
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49 | |
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50 | <para>This package, originally pmac-utils, has issues with |
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51 | NewWorld Macintoshes. The following patch fixes these issues |
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52 | and generally allows us to pass the required flags to the |
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53 | compiler:</para> |
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54 | |
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55 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&powerpcutils64-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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56 | |
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57 | <para>Compile the needed programs:</para> |
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58 | |
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59 | <screen><userinput>EXTRACFLAGS="${BUILD32}" make nvsetenv nvsetvol</userinput></screen> |
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60 | |
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61 | <para>Install the package:</para> |
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62 | |
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63 | <screen><userinput>install -m755 nvsetenv nvsetvol /usr/sbin |
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64 | install -m644 nvsetenv.8 nvsetvol.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen> |
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65 | |
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66 | </sect2> |
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67 | |
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68 | <sect2 id="contents-powerpc-utils" role="content"> |
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69 | <title>Contents of Powerpc-Utils</title> |
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70 | |
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71 | <segmentedlist> |
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72 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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73 | |
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74 | <seglistitem> |
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75 | <seg>nvsetenv, nvsetvol</seg> |
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76 | </seglistitem> |
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77 | </segmentedlist> |
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78 | |
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79 | <variablelist> |
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80 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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81 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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82 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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83 | |
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84 | <varlistentry id="nvsetenv"> |
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85 | <term><command>nvsetenv</command></term> |
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86 | <listitem> |
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87 | <para>Manipulate variables in the non-volatile RAM.</para> |
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88 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils nvsetenv"> |
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89 | <primary sortas="b-nvsetenv">nvsetenv</primary> |
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90 | </indexterm> |
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91 | </listitem> |
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92 | </varlistentry> |
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93 | |
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94 | <varlistentry id="nvsetvol"> |
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95 | <term><command>nvsetvol</command></term> |
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96 | <listitem> |
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97 | <para>Adjust the volume of the boot-up chime on Macintoshes.</para> |
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98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils nvsetvol"> |
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99 | <primary sortas="b-nvsetvol">nvsetvol</primary> |
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100 | </indexterm> |
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101 | </listitem> |
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102 | </varlistentry> |
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103 | |
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104 | </variablelist> |
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105 | |
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106 | </sect2> |
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107 | |
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108 | </sect1> |
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