Subject: Re: Fix Support for 43P-140
To: None <port-prep@netbsd.org>
From: Rongsheng Fang <rfang@coke.umuc.edu>
List: port-prep
Date: 01/24/2005 15:31:12
This is wonderful! I will try the snopshot on my 43p-140 tonight. Thanks 
for the good work! 

Rongsheng

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 06:25:58PM +0100, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:25:58 +0100
> From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
> To: port-prep@netbsd.org
> Subject: Fix Support for 43P-140
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> 
> Hi.
> 
> Support for the 43P-140 is curretly broken. One problem (in bus_space(9)
> breaking (e)siop(4)) is already fixed by Matt Thomas and a pull-up
> request has been submitted. Thanks to Matt.
> 
> The other problem is that the OpenPIC in the -140 may end up not mapped
> into KVA causeing a fatal trap early in bootup, depending on where the
> firmware located this PCI device. The patch below fixes this problem. It
> requires a change to the sequence of initialisation calls, so it may
> break somthing else. I had a look at the sequence and it should make no
> difference. I tested this patch successfully on -current and the
> release-2 branch on a 43P-140 and a 43P-100. So I will commit this patch
> in a few days and request a pull-up to the release-2 branch if nobody is
> concerned about it. (Portmaster?)
> 
> I build patched installation and generic kernels. They are available at:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/ftp/pub/NetBSD/arch/prep/snapshot/release-2-0_20050119/installation/floppy/
> If you want to install NetBSD 2.0 on a 43P-140 or if you have a
> (e)siop(4) (NCR/Symbios 53C825A or later) SCSI adapter you will need
> this to get NetBSD instaled and running. If everything goes OK this
> fixes will be included in 2.0.1 / 2.1 so this will be removed once
> 2.0.1 / 2.1 is out.
>