Subject: Re: Two pmaxes, no one boots
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 11/20/2002 11:40:29
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:16:41AM -0500, Chris Rupnik wrote:

=> As you can see, these machines do apparently have R3000 cpus in them, both
=> are model PM20A.
[...]
=> ----- Original Message -----
=> From: "Simon Burge" <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
=> To: "Chris Rupnik" <crupnik@videotron.ca>
=> Cc: <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
=> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:49 PM
=> Subject: Re: Two pmaxes, no one boots
[...]
=> > and 0x30 for that CPU.  The interesting bit is that a 3100 should only
=> > have an R2000, not an R3000!  I'm really really not sure what is going
=> > on there.

FWIW, I remember my DECstation 3100 always identifying itself as
having a MIPS R3000 processor during boot, which puzzled me because I
was always led to believe the 3100 was supposed to have a R2000...

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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