In <URL:news:local.netbsd.port-arm32> on Thu 02 Nov, Mike Pumford wrote:
> > On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	I've just committed the following to -current and will try to get
> > 	them pulled up into 1.5, but without access to my RiscPC I have
> > 	to get someone else to test, which means we may miss the 1.5
> > 	deadline...
> > 
> >         PR 8759 - NetBSD corrupts NVRAM for RISC OS 4 machines
> >                 sys/arch/arm32/dev/rtc.c        1.11
> >                 sys/arch/arm32/include/rtc.h    1.6
> > 
> >         PR 10539 - NetBSD hangs when probing Acorn SCSI card
> >                 sys/arch/arm32/podulebus/sbic.c 1.19
> >
> These are now tested and confirmed to be working correctly.

I can also verify that PR 8759 is fixed with the kernel that David
uploaded.

> > > As expected, the Acorn SCSI card with a PowerROM lead the Risc PC into
> > > a hang, so I had to put podule1.disable in the boot loader extra
> > > options.
> > >
> > > The kernel I used is the one that Chris made for the Epsom show.
> > >
> > 	Would that be fixed by the patch in PR 10539?
> > 
> No this is a different problem. PR 10539 applies to cards which still 
> have the original ROMS. The PowerROM issue is different as the PowerROM 
> uses the same device ID's as PowerTec SCSI cards and then misprobed by 
> the kernel. Som additional work in the podulebus probe code will be 
> required to deal with this issue. I don't see this making it into 1.5.

It has now been proven that it does not fix that problem as expected.

> > > > > Also, PR 9226 also is still at open.
> > > >
> > > > hmmm.  Is this any better in 1.5 alpha or beta?
> > >
> > > Unfortunately I have been unable to test that as the kernel panics on a
> > > dead wd0 IDE drive when sysinst is trying to scan the drives after
> > > having asked me whether I want to continue with the install to a new
> > > drive (the first option in sysinst).
> > >
> > > The details are:
> > > Sysinst install to harddrive
> > >   - "Shall we continue?" Yes
> > >      => wdc0:0:0: lost interrupt
> > >         Type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> > >         Non-emulated page fault with intr_depth > 0
> > >         Data abort: 'Translation fault (page)' status=007 ...
> > >         Stopped at inq_entry+0xa0 ldr r2,[r7,r9,lsl#2]
> > >         db> trace
> > >         _mi_switch
> > >         _ltsleep
> > >         _biowait
> > >         _filecore_label_read
> > >         _readdisklabel
> > >         _wdgetdisklabel
> > >         _wdopen
> > >         _spec_open
> > >         _vn_open
> > >         _sys_open
> > >         _syscall
> > >
> > > I managed to get the networking up and running on my Etherlan 600 (ne0),
> > > and stuck the dmesg (/kern/msgbuf) at:
> > > http://www.thomassen.priv.no/riscpc.dmesg.15alpha
> > >
> > > More information can be found at:
> > > http://home.eunet.no/~kjetilbt/MyRiscPC/
> > >
> > > I would like to congratulate the people who have fixed the problem with
> > > ne0 that required it to be configured in RISC OS before booting NetBSD.
> > > That is no longer necessary. Well done!
> > >
> > 	I think that owuld be Mike Pumford :)
> > 
> Only if he was using the 1.5_ALPHA kernel uploaded from my FTP site. I 
> have only got this piece of code working recently and have not yet got as 
> far as submitting it as a PR as it still needs a bit of tidy up.

It may have been that kernel.

Could you please compile a Risc PC install kernel for me so that I may
be able to install NetBSD 1.5_BETA.

After some more testing, I will raise a few PRs so that we can get on
with getting more of the stuff working.

TIA!

Kjetil B.