... It's this kind of bravery that gets things done in mac/68k. Bravo! (to put this in perspective, _nobody_ knew what they were doing when they started...
Joshua M. Thompson
funaho@...
Jul 1, 2000 5:17 pm
2199
... No, it's going into CVS right now (actually, a few mins ago). If it breaks for people, then they have to fix it or live without SCSI. Btw, I wouldn't hope...
Tony Mantler
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 1, 2000 5:17 pm
2200
Hello Andrew and Ove! Congratulations! This is very important for linux-mac68k, now it is useable (If you donīt have an SE/30, I have only an SE/30 :-( O.K....
Christoph Ewering
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 2, 2000 9:54 am
2201
Having seen Ove's new test kernel yesterday I thought I would try to install on my Classic II. Previous attempts have always failed as the SCSI drive freezes...
Steven Borley
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 2, 2000 4:56 pm
2202
... It should but the IIfx SCSI isn't the same so you won't get the performance boost. We haven't figured out the IIfx DMA SCSI yet. -- funaho@......
Joshua M. Thompson
funaho@...
Jul 2, 2000 7:16 pm
2203
... This is a no go on the Mac IIfx. Kernel panics just after identifying the SCSI peripherals. I will still test on the II, IIci and IIvx when I have time. ...
Ray Knight
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 2, 2000 7:57 pm
2204
... Tony, I think this was a bit premature. The change will implement pseudo-DMA support irregardless of the system type. The IIfx hardware (in my ...
Ray Knight
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 2, 2000 8:14 pm
2205
At 3:09 PM -0500 7/2/2000, Ray Knight wrote: [...] ... It's like I said, if it doesn't work, post the patches. And yes, I do recall that the IIfx does do real...
Tony Mantler
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 2, 2000 9:17 pm
2206
... All this new activity is actually making me want to haul out my IIfx and start hacking again. :) I may just do that soon. I think I have the necessary...
Joshua M. Thompson
funaho@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:14 am
2207
... The patch shouldn't be trying to work on a IIfx; the hardware is different. At this point I think we may need to modify the configuration table in the ...
Joshua M. Thompson
funaho@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:15 am
2208
... Anyone started yet on a similar patch for the 53c96 chip, just to prevent doubling the effort? cheers -- ... Ing. Alexander Mayrhofer...
Alexander Mayrhofer
a.mayrhofer@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:01 am
2209
... See? It's just like I said, commit some untested and likely buggy code to CVS, and like magic developers appear out of the woodwork ready to code! ;) ... ...
Tony Mantler
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 3, 2000 10:17 am
2210
... The 53c96 is...different. For that, Apple makes the DMA DRQ pin available to the programmer (it's usually wired to DMA hardware and is not exposed in the...
Allen Briggs
briggs@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:37 pm
2211
... -- Send e-mail to 'linux-mac68k-request@...' with 'unsubscribe' in the message body to unsubscribe from this list....
Christoph Ewering
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:39 pm
2212
... Yep, thanks a whole lot for this work, it's something we've been waiting for ever since we got the initial SCSI driver working. I'll have a look at the...
Michael Schmitz
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 3, 2000 1:46 pm
2213
... I know the tech notes say otherwise, but from what I've disassembled in the IIfx ROM, it looks like the ROM uses DMA too. If anyone is interested, I can...
... Thanks! Did the clock remain accurate through the test? One problem that I had in benchmarking the scsi driver was that the clock would lose ticks during...
Allen Briggs
briggs@...
Jul 3, 2000 5:33 pm
2216
... Given the CPU usage, and assuming the actual pDMA operations are done with interrupts off, the clock would be expected to lose some ticks. It did so with...
Michael Schmitz
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:19 pm
2217
At 1:11 PM -0500 7/3/2000, Michael Schmitz wrote: [...] ... Could always hack the kernel to read the PRAM clock more often (like, every time call or such) for...
Tony Mantler
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:32 pm
2218
... Actually, we do know the address map on a IIfx. The most useful piece of info in the Guide to Macintosh Family Hardware is the complete address mapping of...
Brad Boyer
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 3, 2000 8:20 pm
2219
... Allen, is your code used by OpenBSD also? I have OpenBSD 2.6 so I may have the source without having to get NetBSD. I'm getting bonnie now and will use it...
Ray Knight
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:43 am
2220
... [...] ... Does the IIx SCSI actually work at all right now? I was under the impression that SCSI was broken on the SE/30 and IIx (since, aside from the...
Andrew McPherson
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:52 am
2221
... Well I've booted and started an install on the IIx. I didn't complete it, it was just to darned slow. Maybe with the new psuedo-DMA SCSI it might...
Ray Knight
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 4, 2000 5:15 am
2222
... Or the pDMA code should be changed to use that 0x5000E000 region on the IIfx (hoping it really behaves the same as on the other 5380 Macs. Seeing how...
Michael Schmitz
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 4, 2000 7:44 am
2223
First, I'd like to let anyone whose interested know that I was able to get the 2.2.10 kernel to boot the installer image file on a powerbook duo 210. Of...
William R. Fitts
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 4, 2000 2:35 pm
2224
... AFAIK, OpenBSD hasn't changed it, so it should be the same. It would be in src/sys/arch/mac68k/obio/esp.c. -allen -- Send e-mail to...
Allen Briggs
briggs@...
Jul 4, 2000 2:56 pm
2225
under BSD you can usually setup a terminal via one of the serial ports. Linux should do the same ting, but I'm not sure about the specifics. Ed ... From:...
Edvard Lauman
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:01 pm
2226
... Good to hear that it (mostly) boots. Did you happen to notice whether SCSI was recognized? I remember there were some SCSI issues when the Duo was in the...
Andrew McPherson
linux-mac68k@...
Jul 4, 2000 4:41 pm
2227
... You need a kernel with support for the console on a serial port. Then you pass kernel parameters saying which serial port to use. Penguin has some options...
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