Subject: Re: NetBSD 3.1 on B&W G3 freezes during booting at "Root device:"
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Nick Sheppard <nshep@attglobal.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/19/2007 14:36:38
Joachim Thiemann <joachim.thiemann <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> I you want I can send you my kernel compiled for a B&W G3 - I found
> that for reliability of IDE transfers I also need "wd*     at atabus?
> drive ? flags 0x0f00" since I have the rev. 1 IDE chip which is buggy
> and can corrupt data on the higher speed DMA modes.  I am using
> "config          netbsd  root on wd0a type ?", bypassing
> autodetection.
> 
> Joe.
> 
> 

Yes please! I would be very grateful to have a copy of your kernel, especially
as I too have the Rev 1 motherboard with the buggy IDE.  Thanks!  (And I am
REALLY impressed by the speed of your response.)

So my guess about the cause of the problem is likely to be right?  Is the kernel
root device autodetection known to be faulty?  Is it on a list of things to be
fixed?

Thanks again,

Nick