Subject: Re: LC/Performa 475 boots (serial console)
To: Bob Nestor <rnestor@metronet.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/27/1997 18:37:22
Bob Nestor wrote:
> 
> As far as I remember the Gestalt ID is only used for the MRG code in the 
> Kernel.  So if you're running with the HWDIRECT code it shouldn't make 
> any difference what the value is and that's one of the many benefits of 
> John's code.  I'm just guessing, but I'd bet the 475 is in the same group 
> as the '030 Cuda machines and that's now running in HWDIRECT although 
> probably not yet in the -current tree.  We may finally be close to the 
> day when the MRG code is history and we can all run with the HWDIRECT 
> solution.

Make that the ADB portion of the MRG code.  The rest of the MRG code is
still quite helpful, and having a working Nubus Slot Manager in NetBSD
just might solve quite a few problems (including color nubus video ;-)

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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