Subject: Re: quadra 630
To: Jeff Brendle <bli@psu.edu>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/01/1998 10:41:56
OK, we're talking about a P430, not a Q630 now.

At 5:16 AM -0700 7/1/98, Jeff Brendle wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone in this thread, or on the mailing lists in
>general, had any specific details on support for an Asante MacCON+LC  card
>in the PDS Slot of a Performa 430 model (same as LCII I think) using the
>1.3.2 release of NetBSD/mac68k (Generic-Sbc kernel package). The driver
>that is currently trying is the one apparently meant for Asante cards (ae),
>but it cannot seem to find the card as it probes the NuBus slots, reporting
>problems determining memory size. Should I be using the "Sonic" sn driver
>instead, it mentions my chipset but doesn't say anything about Asante? This
>is an Asante MacCon+LC Rev. C1 board, LC 1.0b1 sticker on the ROMs,
>DP83932VF chipset if that helps. Appreciate any and all pointers, success
>stories, gotchyas &c.

Asante cards are generally a good bet and generally use the chip that the
ae# driver supports.  Colin:  is the 83932 an ae# or sn# chip?  I forget.

The PDS should look just like a NuBus to the software so the only issue is
if there is some change in the memory layout for the PDS version of the
card vice the NuBus version.

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