Re: NetBSD-current on Amiga?

["Michael L. Hitch" <mhitch%gemini.msu.montana.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, John Klos 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.

Michael