Re: pushing netbsd-5 (Was: bootloader)

[Michael Schwingen <rincewind%discworld.dascon.de@localhost>]

Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
>
>> The comments in MILAN.in explain it fine - is this mirrored in the
>> install docs?
>>     
>
> Could you provide exact sentense/diffs for them?
> (my English is not so good for official documentation ;-)
>
> Note they are in src/distrib/notes/common/contents.
>   
I can't provide diffs, but I thinks this is a bit thin:

.                       It Pa netbsd-MILAN-ISAIDE.gz
A kernel specifically tuned for the MILAN using IDE in ISA mode.
.                       It Pa netbsd-MILAN-PCIIDE.gz
A kernel specifically tuned for the MILAN using IDE in PCI mode.



I would propose this (without formatting) - English is not my native language 
either, but I think this should be OK:

netbsd-MILAN-ISAIDE.gz
A kernel specifically tuned for the MILAN, using the onboard IDE ports in ISA 
mode. 
This mode supports byte-swapped disk drives (like on the Falcon030).

netbsd-MILAN-PCIIDE.gz
A kernel specifically tuned for the MILAN, using the onboard IDE ports in PCI 
mode. 
This mode only works with IDE disks whose data is non-byteswapped (new Milan 
disk layout, like on PCs). 
Furthermore, PCI IDE cards are supported. 

Note that mixing byteswapped and non-byteswapped disks is not supported.
For details on byteswapping on IDE drives, see MILAN.in at <location>

cu
Michael