Subject: Re: changes to adb code?
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/01/1999 13:32:10
Jason Thorpe wrote:
> Have there been any changes to the ADB code recently?

not really.  (at least not since before 1.4 was cut and released).

> My Quadra 650
> wedges at:
> 
> adb0 at obio0<cursor>
> 
> ...sits there... pressing the Debugger switch or pressing keys on the
> keyboard eventually causes it to go into a fault loop (looks like it
> jumps through a bogus function pointer, maybe?)...
> 

it looks like you're now getting bit by the bug which has been affecting
the AV macs for some time.  it looks like a kernel-size dependency is
somehow affecting the direct-to-hardware driver's delay loop timing.
switching to the MRG-based driver should serve as a usable workaround
(although not the best long-term solution, of course).  turning on the
DEBUG option has fixed it for other people.  is the "cpu delay factor"
reported for this kernel different than that of previous kernels?

later.

colin