On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Space Case wrote:

> On Jan 29,  1:46am, Benoit MARTEL wrote:
> >What source date is HWDIRECT.394 based on?
> >All I know is that it works fine with GENERIC56. I haven't found a newer
> >kernel and I haven't dowloaded the source to roll my own yet.
> 
> There are newer kernels on:
> 
>   ftp://ftp.macbsd.com/pub/NetBSD/eskimo.copy/kernels/
> 
> That's where I put my weekly snapshots.  When I get my account back
> (lost in disk crash), I'll be putting them on netbsd.org as well.
> 
> ~Steve

Thanks for the pointers Steve!


The problem I was getting was using HWDIRECT.394:

Boot hung at the very end (after the line "root on sd0a dumps on sd0b") 
no matter what I do. If I move the mouse during serial initialisation, 
the kernel panics and dumps its registers and stack.


Here is what I get with these new kernels from .../eskimo.copy/kernels:

HWDIRECTSBC57:
This kernel still crashes if I move the mouse during serial init.
However, if I dont move it, it doesn't hang and finishes booting fine and 
works well.

GENERICSBC57:
This kernel works fine _except_ that I cannot use my cdrom anymore.
Note that the cdrom works fine using HWDIRECTSBC57. You would think if 
one works the other would, but no. Here is what I get:

vex# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0c /cdrom
sbc0: parity error!
sbc0: parity error!
sbc0: parity error!
ncr5380_machine: unexpected disconnect.
sbc0: parity error!
Feb  2 12:49:34 vex /netbsd: ncr5380_machine: sbc0: parity error!
mount_cs9660: : Feb  2 12:49:35 vex last message repeated 2 times
Input/Output error
vex# Feb  2 12:439:35 vex /netbsd: ncr5380_machine: unexpected disconnect.
Feb  2 12:49:35 vex /netbsd: sbc0: parity error!


My system is a IIvx w/8Mb running 1.3 distrib binaries.
When I get the time, I'll get -current source and try it.
If I still get this cdrom problem with current, should I send-pr?
Also should I send-pr for the bootup crash with mouse movement?
Or is posting to this list the right thing to do?


Ben, for which only GENERICSBC56 seems to work perfectly.

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