Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.2 & Sun 4/110?
To: Mike Frisch <mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/22/1997 16:53:00
On Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:47:47 -0500 (EST)
Mike Frisch <mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org> wrote:
> I am running a Sun 4/110 diskless currently, but would like to add a hard
> disk to it, but I've heard that NetBSD 1.2 has a problem with the sw0 SCSI
> interface on the 4/110. If this is true, can I install 1.1 and upgrade it
> to 1.2 later without too much hassle?
1.1 had a _lot_ of problems w/ SCSI on the 4/110! I think the 1.2 driver
will basically work, but don't use DMA... that's where the bug was. I
think I fixed that some time after 1.2... but my 4/260 has been offline
for a while, and I haven't been able to play with NetBSD/sparc much
lately.
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