Subject: Re: intvid problems with 1.5 kernels
To: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
From: Erik Winkler <ewinkler@erols.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/19/2000 09:40:55
I have had the same results with 1.5 and 1.4.3 on my Quadra 700.  1.4.2
works great and seems much faster than 1.5(interrupt handing
problems?).  It seems NetBSD is falling into the same trap as the MacOS,
Linux, etc., add support for advanced features and hardware at the
expense of reliablity and speed.  If you plan to use NetBSD on mission
critical systems such as firewalls or web and mail servers, I recommend
sticking with 1.4.2.  If you want to contribute to 1.5 development,
install it on a test machine and hack away.

Erik

Chas Williams wrote:

> [i accidentally sent this to port-m68k, so if you see it twice, yes
> its my fault]
>
> starting sometime back, i started having problems with the intvid0
> on my q700 being recognized.  i tracked this down to a failure of
> bus_space_map() in grfiv_match().  any ideas what might be causing
> this failure?  as a workaround i am using a nubus video board.
> i believe 1.4.3 kernels give me the same problems, while 1.4.1
> do not.  sorry, no idea about 1.4.2.