Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/g5: Enable all windfarms by default

[Michael Ellerman]

On 7/5/2026 03:30, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxx> 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