Subject: Re: NC's and RC7500
To: Reinoud Zandijk <imago@kabel065011.kabel.utwente.nl>
From: Stephen Borrill <netbsd@precedence.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/04/2001 15:39:56
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> > I'm trying to stay with a 1.5 source tree as much as possible (mainly due
> > to supportability of shipped product), but I'd like to try out the wscons
> > stuff on the NC. I've still not got the NC to boot recently. The
> > bootloader is bombing out as described in previous emails (not getting as
> > far as the kernel).
> 
> One thing i learned was to keep my source as close to -current :))

I appreciate that. I've got enough distinct OS versions out there that I
need to converge on a known point. 1.5 seems as good as anything. 

> > I've attached my kernel config file and also a small patch to todclock.c
> > to stop panics when there is no RTC (#ifdef NC).
> >
> > Reinoud, could you build me a -current NC kernel and I'll try it out?
> 
> Sure thing !! you can find them with the updated configuration files in
> the following directory complete with the checkout version of the
> bootloader.... you should check the stuff in this though .. as in setting
> the correct screenmode !
> 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/arm32/snapshot/20010403-stephen-NC

Still the same problem with the bootloader. "Can't use array reference
here at 4250". It's nothing to do with the kernel, it's that some part of
the BASIC stack is getting overwritten.

-- 
Stephen