heyo! I had (might get it back if it gets fixed) a powerbook 170 which had 6mb of memory and a 40mb hdd - i guess it's memory was upgraded a bit. I tried...
Ivan Vucica
ivucica@...
Nov 1, 2004 7:12 pm
7085
... To be honest, the support for the keyboard on these older PowerBooks is flakey at best. It definitely never worked in a 2.2.x kernel. At one point, it was...
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Nov 1, 2004 9:11 pm
7086
... Is it possible to avoid the bug by avoiding the page fault? If so, couldn't the ELF loader wire the page following any executable page that it loaded (or...
Finn Thain
ft01@...
Nov 2, 2004 5:47 am
7087
... Difficult, since m68k uses variable-length instructions. Furthermore lots of data will start with A or F (don't remember which one is used for FPU ...
Geert Uytterhoeven
geert@...
Nov 2, 2004 8:53 am
7088
It was F. not that I have any idea what you guys are talking about, but I remember seeing an explanation that any instruction byte starting with F was for FPU...
Eric Shattow
shadow@...
Nov 2, 2004 2:35 pm
7089
Well, thanks for the image - it seems to be the thing. I'll try it -- as soon as my friend gets the mac fixed :) ... ...
Ivan Vucica
ivucica@...
Nov 2, 2004 9:45 pm
7090
... Ah. I guess we have to test more than one word. Anyone know what are the possible lengths of FPU instructions? ... You're right. It is probably unworkable....
Finn Thain
ft01@...
Nov 3, 2004 9:13 am
7091
... On that note, how about an even easier fix (Please read the entire blurb before you roll your eyeballs..): Swap out only non-executable pages... Granted it...
root
root@...
Nov 3, 2004 4:36 pm
7092
... The problem is not so much the FPU instructions themselves, but what came before. Since most instructions can have immediate data words, it is very...
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Nov 3, 2004 5:57 pm
7093
... Yes, this is unfortunate. The best we could probably do is to be a bit more picky than just looking for an F. That is, certain op-codes might permit...
Finn Thain
ft01@...
Nov 4, 2004 4:16 pm
7094
... That's gotta be the easiest solution so far, but you'd want lots of RAM. ... I gather from Geert's patch that you can test all the kernel code without ...
Finn Thain
ft01@...
Nov 4, 2004 4:32 pm
7095
It seems you got PowerBook 170 pretty well, except for the video. You can add to the specs that it's b&w. _______________________________________________ ...
Ivan Vucica
ivucica@...
Nov 12, 2004 9:38 pm
7096
Not sure if anyone wants to know, but here's an update about that PB170 of mine: I was just to the, ehm, "35th International Fair of Modern Technologies, ..."...
Ivan Vucica
ivucica@...
Nov 12, 2004 9:42 pm
7097
Hey all! this list is so quiet that I am wondering at all if I am still subscribed... how is progress, especially for 2.6 kernels? Any exciting news that can ...
Riccardo Mottola
rollei@...
Dec 13, 2004 2:03 pm
7098
... There are times of activity and times of quiet. It's been like that a long time. Most of us get busy and this is a low priority. ... There was some work...
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Dec 13, 2004 6:29 pm
7099
... I'm afraid so. ... I've been able to build a 2.6.9 kernel but I had to use a workaround that I don't like at all. So I'm going to be diverted onto building...
Finn Thain
ft01@...
Dec 14, 2004 4:21 am
7100
... That is no real surprise. It's trying to use the VIA bits to access the RTC, which might be really bad if the wrong bits are twiddled in the VIA registers....
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Dec 14, 2004 8:19 am
7101
... What CVS repo is used these days ? The generic m68k ? -- Kaj-Michael Lang , milang@... _______________________________________________ linux-mac68k...
Kaj-Michael Lang
milang@...
Dec 14, 2004 11:08 am
7102
... There are branches for linux 2.2 and 2.4 in the mac-68k repo on sourceforge, and branches for 2.4 and 2.6 in the generic m68k repo. The mac 2.2 kernel is...
Finn Thain
ft01@...
Dec 14, 2004 1:39 pm
7103
Hey guys! Just wanted to see if any cute guys out there are interested in chatting with me? I am a bit bored, so if you've got nothing better to do head over...
Tanya
5fd4f2e25c63edacc34cc...
Dec 21, 2004 11:23 am
7104
I didn't believe it at first either, but I've had trouble for years meeting women in clubs, etc. I can never build up the courage to introduce myself. So after...
Stuart
04116075a9580c3be2ec1...
Dec 30, 2004 9:42 am
7105
I didn't believe it at first either, but I've had trouble for years meeting women in clubs, etc. I can never build up the courage to introduce myself. So after...
Stuart
04116075a9580c3be2ec1...
Dec 30, 2004 9:43 am
7106
I was just reading the December posts to this list and saw the mentions of the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. I've currently got a Performa/LC575 with a 4 gig drive and...
bob_b@...
Jan 5, 2005 7:11 pm
7107
Hi Robert, Most traffic relating to the 2.6 kernel and mac support can be found on the linux-m68k list, http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-m68k ...
Finn Thain
ft01@...
Jan 6, 2005 1:06 am
7108
Hi Finn, Thanks for the info on the cvs tree and the patches. I'm currently pulling the m68k dev kernel and will apply the patches and try a compile tonite (I...
bob_b@...
Jan 6, 2005 2:38 am
7109
... You're welcome. ... I've used the 3.3.x and 3.4.x compilers with quite good results. But, I cross-compile my kernels to save time, and I can blame the few...
Finn Thain
ft01@...
Jan 6, 2005 3:31 am
7110
hey guys, check out the site I've found. It has a bunch of cute girls and I've already managed to meetup with one of them. I have a bit of trouble in real-life...
Stuart
6136829708952c6d3fec0...
Jan 6, 2005 5:00 am
7111
... With the cvs source and your patches, I have 2.6.10 running on the 575 and the sonic works GREAT!! It looks like there is a problem with the adb though. If...
bob_b@...
Jan 7, 2005 5:18 am
7112
... It DOES seem much snappier. ... I can hack on it some. I think it was working in the 2.6.8 debian kernel with patches but I've booted so many kernels...
bob_b@...
Jan 7, 2005 5:58 am
7113
... Excellent. You should find it about 50% faster than the 2.2 SONIC driver, since it does DMA directly to and from the socket buffers, and because of the...
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