Subject: Re: duos (again)
To: Michael R. Zucca <mrz5149@acm.org>
From: Tom Rini <tmrini@ntplx.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/28/1999 19:19:18
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Michael R. Zucca wrote:
> At 9:09 PM -0500 3/26/99, Tom Rini wrote:
>
> [nusk]
>
> I'm not sure what your question is.
Wrong email I think.. Was about apple making the video seem like another
nubus card. If apple has done something like this before, have we worked
around this before? (I think it's a "no" and a "go play in macsbug")
> >Since the last thing to be detected is the video, it could be
> >that...
>
> Since you claim that the ethernet was recognized, this is probably a reasonable
> assumption since the ethernet driver will handle the network interrupts.
>
> > I remember looking for a working kernel for this duo a while back
> >and I thought I found a site w/ some support, then again it coulda been
> >for pb support at all. Is there some site for any sort of work done
> >on/for duos? (I think I have some time to kill...)
>
> This is pretty much a "roll your own" situation. Without the Dock or a Duo it's
> hard to add support for it. However, if you check out www.macbsd.com you'll
> find a page that will tell you how to browse the video driver assembly code
> to see how the MacOS driver shuts off interrupts. If you figure that out you
> could probably send that to the list and a kind soul might incorporate the
> code into the kernel.
*cracking nuckles* alright. Thanks.
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Tom Rini (TR1265)
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