I'm currently running 2.6.10-m68k on a Performa 575 w/ 68040 (not LC). I'd like to compile the current 2.6, mainly to see if the non-functional ADB has been...
bob
bob_b@...
Nov 9, 2005 4:22 pm
7272
Thanks for the OSX compile help! I'm now running 2.6.14-m68k on a Performa 575 w/ 68040 (not LC). The ADB seems to work fine now with light testing, the...
bob
bob_b@...
Nov 10, 2005 2:15 pm
7273
... Great! ... Please try this patch, http://www.telegraphics.com.au/~fthain/patches/sent/patch_b-mac68k_cvs_via_cleanup_and_fix2.diff It was needed to get...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 11, 2005 12:41 am
7274
Oh DARN! I see something similar to that on my old source directory: patch_a-sonic-overhaul-and-update-new.diff patch_b-mac68k_cvs_via_cleanup.diff ...
Bob
bob_b@...
Nov 11, 2005 2:13 am
7275
... Hmm.. I guess this can't be a hardware problem if 2.6.10 doesn't print these diagnostics... ... You need a patch like this. I haven't actually tested...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 11, 2005 4:10 am
7276
... It is certainly worth a try. The original patch_b and patch_c can be used together, but neither one can be used with...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 11, 2005 12:09 pm
7277
I haven't tried the patch_c yet. I did look at the source for the mac esp in the 2.6.10 with the 2.6.8 patches a,b, and c and compared it to the source for the...
Bob
bob_b@...
Nov 11, 2005 8:10 pm
7278
... You could try sg_verify from the sg3-utils package ... I'd probably run that in single user mode, but only because I don't know what happens when a disk...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 12, 2005 12:00 am
7279
... Tried with the patched 2.6.10 and it went through the whole disk without a problem. ... I tried it with your newest b and c patches above in 2.6.14 and it...
bob_b@...
Nov 12, 2005 4:22 pm
7280
... Hmm. I hate regressions. ... Thanks for trying. I would try to reproduce this myself, but my macs are stored about 500 km from my present location. I do...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 13, 2005 1:09 am
7281
... Same result unfortunately. I tried it with and without the via_alt_mapping code. I'm wondering if perhaps it isn't the interrupts in the case of the esp...
bob_b@...
Nov 13, 2005 7:16 am
7282
... I wonder if the esp driver is sensitive to dma_supported() or some other change? Maybe it would be worth trying it without the 42_dma patch (and without...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 13, 2005 2:10 pm
7283
Hi Kars, Looks like it wasn't esp directly anyway. I disabled the adb driver in the 2.6.14 kernel and it works now.. Bob ... -- /~\ The ASCII | Robert E....
bob_b@...
Nov 14, 2005 2:42 am
7284
... Tried the patchc #3, no change... I finally got rid of the error by disabling ADB in the 2.6.14 kernel. It appears there is some conflict between that and...
bob_b@...
Nov 14, 2005 2:45 am
7285
... To answer that question I would have to eliminate the dma variable emprically. ADB shares VIA1 with the timer interrupt, and so I think that dma isn't the...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 14, 2005 4:19 am
7286
... The CUDA ADB driver is very cavalier about poking bits in the VIA. It's possible that it's conflicting with one of the VIA driver changes in one of those...
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Nov 14, 2005 6:03 am
7287
... patch_b is confined to VIA2... Adding patch_c didn't make any difference. I didn't think ADB was related to VIA2? -f ... ...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 14, 2005 12:40 pm
7288
... That's true. There shouldn't be anything touching VIA2 in the ADB code. I have to admit that I haven't looked at your patches very closely. In any case,...
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Nov 14, 2005 9:33 pm
7289
Hi, I'm working on EMILE to make a CDROM bootable. I've a very experimental floppy image that allows to boot from a floppy and then load kernel and ramdisk...
Laurent Vivier
LaurentVivier@...
Nov 17, 2005 7:13 pm
7290
... Laurent, I tested your cdboot image on a "mystic" mac configuration. For the function of a CDROM drive I am using the internal scsi CDROM device pulled...
Eric Shattow
shadow@...
Nov 17, 2005 8:38 pm
7291
... Wouldn't it be easier to just hack miboot to support a wider range of hardware? I have to admit that I haven't looked at booting on nubus-pmac since I...
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Nov 17, 2005 10:11 pm
7292
... Brad, The miBoot licensing and "free as in freedom" alignment is in question. I've used miBoot as a user on 6116cd apple mac hardware, and it is very well...
Eric Shattow
shadow@...
Nov 17, 2005 11:18 pm
7293
... Thank you ! ... In fact I just need some time... I've two 6100 (+ Sonnet), one 5275 and one 7100 to test it.... Thank you for this proposition. There is...
Laurent Vivier
LaurentVivier@...
Nov 17, 2005 11:54 pm
7294
Hi All, Maybe the esp problem is timing related. I got an interesting result when I moved the kernel from compiling on an OSX machine to directly on the...
Bob Brose
bob_b@...
Nov 20, 2005 8:06 pm
7295
... That seems odd. Could you send me both kernels (in a private email) so I can take a look at them? It's possible one compiler or the other has a bug in the...
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Nov 20, 2005 8:53 pm
7296
Brad Boyer: . . ... Done. Also, I compared a bunch of different kernel compiles and interrupt configurations and made notes below... ... It seems like the adb...
Bob Brose
bob_b@...
Nov 20, 2005 11:23 pm
7297
... You should also have gcc 3.3 and 3.4 for OS X. When following the instructions on the mac 68k site, just use a different $PATH. That is, any one of, ...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 21, 2005 12:33 am
7298
... Yes, that's a full ADB hang. All but the oldest models do reboot and shutdown using commands to the ADB controller. The driver probably got into a bad...
Brad Boyer
flar@...
Nov 21, 2005 3:34 am
7299
... A while ago I had the same "stuck" key problem (on very similar hardware). http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mac68k&m=112006052810878&w=2 ... OK, this...
Finn Thain
fthain@...
Nov 21, 2005 3:53 am
7300
... With VIA 1 on interrupt level 6, ADB generally gets lower latency, which kind of explains the improvement in ADB but not the additional deterioration of...