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Re: Boot-problems on G3 BW



Hi,

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Andreas Wolf <aw%seqlab.de@localhost> wrote:
> this is my first attempt to install NetBSD 4 on a blue/white G3 with
> OpenFirmware 3.1.1. I'm installing from CD onto a single 120 Gig HD
> partitioned into several BSD4.2 parts and one HFS+ part. I tried to follow
> the instructions carefully, but after installation, I cannot boot into
> NetBSD.
[...]
> boot-device: <unknown>
> root-device:
>

I think applying the following patch to
src/sys/arch/powerpc/oea/ofw_autoconf.c should make it work (also
attached for conveniency).

The IDE controller on the B&W G3 is a cmdide(4), but the autoconf code
lacks the appropriate glue code to detect it.

I hope it helps! Regards, Marco.

--- ./ofw_autoconf.c.orig       2008-01-12 03:12:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ./ofw_autoconf.c    2008-07-22 12:24:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@
                /* periph_target is target for scsi, drive # for atapi */
                if (addr != sa->sa_periph->periph_target)
                        return;
-       } else if (device_is_a(device_parent(device_parent(dev)), "pciide") ||
+       } else if (device_is_a(device_parent(device_parent(dev)), "pciide") ||
+                  device_is_a(device_parent(device_parent(dev)), "cmdide") ||
                   device_is_a(device_parent(device_parent(dev)), "viaide") ||
                   device_is_a(device_parent(device_parent(dev)), "slide")) {
                struct ata_device *adev = aux;

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