Re: Kernel hacking && Re: binary conversion

[is%beverly.rhein.de@localhost (Ignatios Souvatzis)]

Hi Ruben,

> btw, *should* there be kernal hackers how-to's ??? I could code

err.... we are slowly creating a man 9 chapter, for kernel internals.
Part of it will already be visible in the -1.2 release.

> support for Blizzard 1230-IV (If I had one) or disklabel write support

> But I really don't know enough of the innards of NetBSD-Amiga.
> But the question with the Blizzard 1230-IV is: 
> same manufacturer and product ID (8512/11) same board address.
> 
> I think the base address for the Blizzards FAS216 controller just moved
> elsewhere. so try to peek in the boards rom code, find a revision string
> and figure out new base register for the FAS chip. (or is it not that simple
> ?)

It is not that simple. Btw, only a few Blizzard IV boards have the same
manuf./prod. id. 

Regards,
        Ignatios Souvatis
        Ignatios Souvatzis