Subject: Re: Cobalt Qube support?
To: Ryan Woodsmall <c716128@showme.missouri.edu>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 12/09/1999 13:03:24
Ryan Woodsmall writes:
> These are MIPS machines... I do believe that they are R5000-based
> machines, but don't quote me on that. As for what they are: IDE hard
> disk, PCI bus with one open slot, they use DIMM memory, built-in dual
> ethernet, built-in serial ports, NO graphics, but that could be changed
> using the PCI slot... I emailed Cobalt about this, and they said it could
> be done, but I was on my own. I have no kernel/driver prowess whatsoever,
> and I didn't have the money to sink in one of these ultra-cool little
> machines, so it never got done. As for getting anything but Linux 2.0 to
> run on these, it would be a daunting task, but it could be done. I don't
> know how open Cobalt is on their specs. That's just about all I know
> about these things... Hope this helps at least somewhat.
cpu : MIPS
cpu model : Nevada V10.0
system type : Cobalt Networks Server
BogoMIPS : 249.86
byteorder : little endian
unaligned accesses : 16
wait instruction : yes
microsecond timers : yes
extra interrupt vector : yes
hardware watchpoint : no
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 12, function 0:
Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 13. Master Capable. Lat
ency=128. Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
I/O at 0x10101000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x41a79c00.
Bus 0, device 9, function 2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=22.
I/O at 0x300.
Bus 0, device 9, function 1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 6).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 14. Master Capable. Lat
ency=64.
I/O at 0xcc00.
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
ISA bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo ISA (rev 39).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 4. Master Capable. Late
ncy=128. Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
I/O at 0x10100000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x95aeb400.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Memory: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 17).
Vendor id=11ab. Device id=4146.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x8000000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x1c000000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x1f000000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x14000000.
I/O at 0x14000000.
Linux version 2.0.34 (root@cj.cobaltnet.com) (gcc version 2.7.2) #1 Thu Mar 25
20:13:02 PST 1999
0070-007f : rtc
100001f0-100001f7 : ide0
100003f6-100003f6 : ide0
1000cc00-1000cc07 : IDE DMA
1000cc08-1000cc0f : IDE DMA
10100000-1010007f : 21142
10101000-1010107f : 21142
b0000020-b000003f : pic1
b00000a0-b00000bf : pic2
-Andrew
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