Subject: Re: Source changes on the horizon
To: NetBSD/arm32 Mailing List <port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Mark Brinicombe <mark@causality.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 09/09/1998 02:54:08
Hi,
  Ok some of you may be wondering what has happended to round 3 of the
source changes I was planning. They have been delayed as several other
issues have arisen that I really should fix first.

1. The inability to include files.isa due to driver name clashes needs
fixing. For CATS support I really need to be able to include files.isa
rather than munging things. This requires getting rid of the MD ide
driver.

2. In order to get rid of the MD wdc/wd driverI need to make a few changes
to the MI wdc driver. Once these are done I will convert all the arm32 wdc
attachments to use the MI driver instead.

3. Problems with the cosc and csc drivers mean that the MI NCR53C9X driver
needs utilising. I have a versions of the cosc, csc and ptsc drivers that
will use the MI ncr code but the cosc driver needs several modifications
due to a lack of interrupts. As soon as testing is complete the csc and
ptsc drivers will switch to the MI code, followed by the cosc driver when
the MI code can support it (still working on the changes)

4. files.isa will be included and a load of the bits added to files.arm32
for the shark can be removed. At this point I can then continue to work on
merging in the CATS code. This is primarily ISA bus support for the
EBSA285 code merged at the weekend.

5. The pcvt console code will then be merged in to complete the CATS
port.

The timescale for the above is ASAP ;-)))

Cheers,
				Mark