Hi,


On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Michael L. Hitch wrote:
> > Is anyone trying to run NetBSD current on Amiga? I tried it on both an
> > A4000 and an A1200, both with m68060s, and there were severe problems with
> > slowness - it seems that the system is running 1/10th the normal speed,
> > even though it thinks it's 99% idle.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
>   UGH!
>
>   I've just booted a 4.0_BETA kernel on my A4000 with a m68060, and I'm
> seeing what may be the same problem.  The same kernel ran fine on my
> A2000 with a m68040.
>
>   What I'm seeing is a long delay starting any program, and the delay is
> largely system time.  I get a very high rate of faults and traps during
> that time.  I'd guess it's something in the m68060-specific code which
> has changed since the 3.0 branch.
>
>   I also tried a -current kernel compiled with gcc4, but it appeared to
> hang around the time it was trying to start /sbin/init.  I haven't pursued
> it any further yet - and probably won't until I figure out why 4.0 has
> problems.

This really sucks! So, if you have an m68060 then you can expect better
performance with a m68040? Something really needs to be done about this!

-Al