Subject: Re: Daystar Accelerators (Re: fpu trap with current from 2 Jan)
To: Marco van de Voort <marcov@dragon.stack.nl>
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/16/2004 13:50:25
> > Correct; when I was using a Daystar PowerCache 50MHz '030 with my IIci, I
> > had a set of patches for 1.5.2. Unfortunately, I have not seen these patches
> > for 1.6.x unless they have already been added into the kernel source -- I'm
> > still using 1.5.x on my IIci.
> 
> I've used a 50MHz Daystar accelerator (don't know the name, had separate
> socket for 68882) in my IIci and had acceleration under 1.6
> 
> A Daystar 33MHz 68040 also worked.
>
> However I don't know if the cache was enabled.
>  
> > For this to work, however, the PowerCache control panel had to be installed
> > and turned on in MacOS; otherwise, NetBSD could not see it.
> 
> I didn't have to do anything.

... which was exactly what I observed. The 50MHz 030 works just fine, but
the cache does not, and the patch enables it in the kernel. For it to work,
however, the PowerCache control panel also had to be installed and active.

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