hi,

good !!!!!!

after 9h of installing and probing i realized the NetBSD 1.6.2 
(GENERIC) is the only one kernel that is not able to have kernel panic 
with my hardware. I think there is something wrong with networkcard 
handler about "3Com 3c900-COMBO Ethernet PCI". 

Here netBSD 2.0.2 and 2.0.0 crash with kernel panic if you force 
something a bit ...... while if you don't if you force something a bit 
they have stalled networking, so uselless in both cases ........

the 1.6.2 is not able to crash : ) and has no stalled networking, it 
works very good ! (and gcc 2.95 compile fine)
(i think i will use this kernel version, the only problem is the 
documented slow console ...... really too slow, but we acn use the 4400 
with ttyp0 ........ why to use the ttyE0 if it is so slow ?)

this is the hw about my machine
(normal install procedure, nothing modified)

Apple powermac 4400-200
NetBSD 1.6.2 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Feb 10 23:52:52 UTC 2004
    autobuild@tgm.netbsd.org:/autobuild/netbsd-1-6-PATCH002/macppc/OBJ/
autobuild/netbsd-1-6-PATCH002/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 65536 KB
avail memory = 53376 KB
using 844 buffers containing 3376 KB of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: 603ev (Revision 2.1), ID 0 (primary)
cpu0: HID0 90c001<DOZE,DPM,ICE,DCE,NOPTI>
cpu0: ohare L2 cache enabled
bandit0 at mainbus0
pci0 at bandit0 bus 0
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0
pchb0: Apple Computer Bandit Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x03)
ahc0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0
ahc0: interrupting at irq 23
ahc0: aic7860 Single Channel A, SCSI Id=0, 3/255 SCBs
scsibus0 at ahc0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
ex0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: 3Com 3c900-COMBO Ethernet (rev. 0x0)
ex0: interrupting at irq 24
ex0: MAC address 00:60:97:8f:0b:29
ex0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10base5, 10base2, default 10baseT
obio0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: addr 0xf3000000
mesh0 at obio0 offset 0x10000 irq 12: 50MHz, SCSI ID 7
scsibus1 at mesh0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
zsc0 at obio0 offset 0x13000: irq 15,16
zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0
zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1
awacs at obio0 offset 0x14000 not configured
swim3 at obio0 offset 0x15000 not configured
nvram0 at obio0 offset 0x60000
wdc0 at obio0 offset 0x20000 irq 13: DMA transfer
wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <Conner Peripherals 1080MB - CFS1081A>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 1032 MB, 2097 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2114180 
sectors
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
wd0(wdc0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
wdc1 at obio0 offset 0x21000 irq 14: DMA transfer
atapibus0 at wdc1 channel 0: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <MATSHITA CR-584, , SA16> type 5 cdrom 
removable
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 3, DMA mode 1
cd0(wdc1:0:0): using PIO mode 3, DMA mode 1 (using DMA data transfers)
adb0 at obio0 offset 0x16000 irq 18: 3 targets
aed0 at adb0 addr 0: ADB Event device
akbd0 at adb0 addr 15: extended keyboard
wskbd0 at akbd0: console keyboard
ams0 at adb0 addr 3: 1-button, 100 dpi mouse
wsmouse0 at ams0 mux 0
akbd1 at adb0 addr 2: keyboard II
wskbd at akbd1 not configured
ofb0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0: ATI Technologies Mach64 VT
ofb0: 1024 x 768, 8bpp
wsdisplay0 at ofb0 kbdmux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation), using 
wskbd0
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs 

$ telnet 192.168.0.19
Trying 192.168.0.19...
Connected to 192.168.0.19.
Escape character is '^]'.

NetBSD/macppc (namy) (ttyp0)

login: root
Password:

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