Subject: Re: eMac USB2.0 1.25 and NetBSD
To: None <port-macppc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Marco Trillo <toad@arsystel.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/19/2005 11:41:07
Hi!

On Feb 19, 2005, at 3:40 AM, Robert Nestor wrote:

> That's great news!  I have one of the original 700 Mhz eMacs (that 
> also works with NetBSD) and I know it uses Ultra/100 for the disk.  I 
> though the CD was faster than Ultra/33 since I have the SuperDrive, 
> but I could be wrong.
>   However, when I did the research before upgrading the internal hard 
> drive I could swear the documentation I found indicated the newer 
> models were equipped with Ultra/133 for the disk.  I wonder if there's 
> something in the NetBSD driver that isn't picking this up and its only 
> probing your disk at the slower interface speed.

Hmm... in Apple's tech specs for this eMac ( 
http://www.apple.com/emac/specs.html ) says that the HD (in both "Combo 
-- 40GB" and "Superdrive -- 80GB" eMac models) is Ultra/100...

So the NetBSD driver is doing well...

>
> Anyway, enjoy your new workstation.
> -bob

Thanks! ;-)

Cheers,
Marco
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> On Feb 18, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Marco Trillo wrote:
>
>> I've installed NetBSD 2.0 release successfully on my eMac USB2.0 1.25 
>> . On "Model Support Page" say that this model was untested.
>>
>> So here is the "dmesg":
>
>> cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4481B, , 2.05> cdrom 
>> removable
>> cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 
>> (Ultra/33)
>> cd0(wdc0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
>>
>
>> wd0 at atabus1 drive 0: <ST340015A>
>> wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
>> wd0: 38166 MB, 77545 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 78165360 
>> sectors
>> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 
>> (Ultra/100)
>> wd0(wdc1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 
>> (Ultra/100) (using DMA data