Well, the problem is that there ARE minor hardware differences between the
IIvx and the P600.  The P600 lacks the L2 cache of the IIvx, and it may or
may not have the FPU.  I would imagine that there is some way to change
the gestalt ID ("IIvx-ify" it), but it might be a bad idea unless the
machine is actually identical to a IIvx...

	-Seth Miller

On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Mark Andres wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is not really a solution, but maybe a work around. Don't most
> Performas have some kind of jumper on the motherboard that differentiates
> it between its Performa incarnation and its non-Performa incarnation. You
> find want to check around the hardware specs, etc. and see if there is
> someway to IIvx-ify your P600.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Josh Hope wrote:
> 
> > There's been a recurrent problem, at least for me, for almost a year now.
> > It seems to be an incompatability between NetBSD SBC kernels greater than
> > 26 and my Performa 600.
> > 
> > I've brought this problem to the list's attention at least 5 times, and
> > each time it is seemingly ignored.
> > 
> > Normal kernels (not SBC) greater than 26 *do* work on my machine, but they
> > mess up my disks bad (because they aren't SBC).
> > 
> > Anyways, the newer SBC kernels all "stop booting" at this message:
> > 
> > sbc0 at obio0: options=1<PDMA>
> > 
> > The light on my EZ drive (which functions as my root partition) is steady
> > on, but it's not accessing. I can leave it at this point for hours and
> > hours, but it will never get any further...
> > 
> > I really wish someone could look into this. It seems to be a recurring
> > problem for me, and it is so strange since it only happens with SBC
> > kernels greather than 26...
> > 
> > I thank everyone for the priceless support and help they've offered me
> > since I first started experimenting with NetBSD. Thanks! Now can we tackle
> > this problem that just won't go away?
> > 
> > Also, is anyone else out there running NetBSD on a Performa 600? The
> > IIvx's don't seem to be affected (I don't think) by this problem. Is it
> > only my computer? What would cause behaviour so weird like this?
> > 
> > Thank you all again,
> > 
> > Josh Hope                                          root@unixgeek.ml.org
> > UNIX System Administrator                        http://unixgeek.ml.org
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> > 'Endless roll the waters past!                        - Lay of Leithian
> > To this my love hath come at last,                    - Lines 1220-1223
> > enchanted waters pitiless,                           By: J.R.R. Tolkien
> > a heartache and a loneliness.'
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
>   Mark Andres         E-mail: mark@giganet.net
>       Running NetBSD, 100% Microsoft Free!
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> 
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