Subject: incompatible video card?
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Mamoru Yamanishi <yama@radical.biotech.okayama-u.ac.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/13/1996 11:16:19
Hi all,

I have some trouble with video cards.  I wonder whether that the
video cards are not working, or that the something special settigs
are needed.

The following video cards seem not to work on Macintosh IIci and
Apple's 13' display with NetBSD/mac68k-1.2 (GENERIC #1):
        Apple 8.24 video card/ Rom Version 1.1
        Radius Preciesion Color Pro 24XP/ Rom version 1.51
Also not to work with Apple's 15' display.

At most of case, I got such that messages:

> [ preserving 93836 bytes fo netbsd symbol table ]
> Bootstrapping NetBSD/mac68k.
> Gettng mapping from MMU.
> System RAM: 17825792 bytes in 4352 pages.
>      Low = 0x0, high = 0x100000
>      Low = 0x4000000, high = 0x5000000
>   no internal video at address 0 -- videoaddr is 0xfc000a00.
> Done.
> Bootstrapping the pmap system.
> Failure in BSD boot.  nextpa = 0x103000, high[0] = 0x100000.
> You're hosed!  Try booting with 32-bit addressing enabled in the memory
> control panel.
> Older machines may need Mode32 to get that option.

Previously, with NetBSD/mac68k-1.1 (GENERIC #47 or so), those video
cards _really_ worked with Apple's 13' and 15' display.  And also
8.24 video card worked with Apple's 21' display.

What is the difference?  I wonder the bootstraping may have largely
changed.



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Mamoru Yamanishi <yama@radical.biotech.okayama-u.ac.jp>
+81-86-251-8196(voice), +81-86-253-7399(GIII fax)
Dept. Biotechnology, Okayama Univ.