Subject: Re: PPC port to Amiga's with PowerUP or other PPC cards
To: Markus Illenseer" , "port-amiga <port-amiga@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Frank Wille <frank@phoenix.owl.de>
List: port-amiga
Date: 12/02/1997 13:10:50 
Hi Markus!

 On Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:34:28 +0100 (MET) you wrote:


> > Why? Once the PowerPC was started (by a special loadbsd/gobsd) and had
> > relocated the kernel, we can ignore the 680x0 completely. Or am I
> > missing something?
> 
> Yes, you are. How would you access the "rest" of the Amiga w/o the
> second CPU?

As Matthias already pointed out, the PowerPC can access the whole
address space of the Amiga. It's true, I tested it with my CSPPC
604e/200. The PPC can even execute code in Chip RAM!


Greetings,

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