Subject: Re: current CVS kernel: good and bad news
To: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
From: Riccardo Mottola <rollei@tiscalinet.it>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/18/2004 13:44:08
Hey,

Michael wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > I tried this kernel on my 4400 and it seems to work fine, boots,
> > works... I can also attach an external scsi drive to its mesh controller
> > and work on that. Sounds good, right? :)
> What about the 9500? Hangup on SCSI probe?
sure, like your kernel with adb patch.

> > I get
> >
> > cpu0: 350Mhztrap: pid 0.1 (swapper): kernel PGM trap @ 0x27ece8
> > (SRR1=0x81032)
> > panic: trap
> > stopped in pid 0.1 (swapper) at netbsd cpu_Debugger+0x10   lwz r0, r1, 0
> I had a similar panic with some experimental L2 cache size detection code but not with GENERIC.
> Where's Tim? ;)

well, I thought the 1MB cache was "backside".. at least, it is on the
cpu doughterboard :)
I don't know the differences of inline and backside cache though. Didn't
konw the latter needed a special register. I'll try Tim's patch.

-R