Subject: Re: pbsdboot & MobilePro700 (VR4102 - 54Mhz)
To: None <rwwst6+@pitt.edu>
From: Jun Ebihara <jun@soum.co.jp>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 03/23/2000 15:15:43
Does this MobilePro700 status change on 20000315 snapshot?
Please teach me works well or not.

From: Roy Wilson <rwwst6+@pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: pbsdboot & MobilePro700 (VR4102 - 54Mhz)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:40:01 -0500

> Based on this comment (and some documentation tips), I downloaded netbsd
> and pbsdboot, unzipped them, and shipped them to my MobilePro700 (VR4102),
> putting them on my Sandisk CF. 
> 
> I've tried selecting the MC-CSXX frame buffer and also tried (somewhat
> blindly) to set some of the obvious parameters (e.g., width = 640 for a
> MP700). In the first case, I get the following on the MP700 display:
> 
> mem_cluster_cnt = 3
> mem_clusters[0] = {0x0,0x1f5000}
> mem_clusters[1] = ....
> mem_clusters[2] = ....
> 
> and then the system appears to hang (20 minutes w/o activity). In the
> second case, I get garbage across the top of the screen and then system
> hang.
> 
> I nosed around in the pbsdboot c code but couldn't get a match on
> "clusters". I've got VR4102 pdf's but nothing matched on "frame buffer".
> 
> If I could get a description of each parameter that appears in the "user
> define" frame buffer option, I could then test various values obtained from
> documentation. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Roy Wilson
> rwwst6@pitt.edu

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jun ebihara