On Apr 4, 2005, at 7:08 PM, Michael wrote:

> Hello,
>
>>>> dmesg (from custom kernel) is:
>>>> cpu0 at mainbus0: 603ev (Revision 2.1), ID 0 (primary)
>>>> cpu0: HID0 90c001<DOZE,DPM,ICE,DCE,NOPTI>
>>>
>>> That's why I was asking for dmesg output. Certainly won't break any
>>> speed records without L2 cache.
>>>
>>> What kind of card is it ( besides sitting in the L2 slot ) - does it
>>> need any additional software to be recognized by MacOS? If so - does
>>> it leave anything funny in OF's nvramrc or something like that? If
>>> you're lucky this thing can be enabled with some OF voodoo ( Tim?
>>> You're the OF guru. )
>
>> Luckily, if there's no way to get this working, I have the L2 cache
>> chip available (it's in a 6400/180 right now).
>> It's a Sonnet Crescendo card, 300MHz G3. It does require an extension
>> to work under MacOS, Nothing left in the nvramrc that I'm aware of.
>
> Just a thought - if you boot MacOS, make sure the G3 is enabled and 
> then boot to NetBSD from something like BootVars ( 'Write and reboot' 
> ) - does NetBSD see the G3 or the 603?
>
> have fun
> Michael
>
>

Unfortunately, these machines only support a single HD, so I don't 
really have a way to test that at the moment. I have space to install 
NetBSD on the same drive as MacOS is on, but I have no way to get it 
installed right now (floppies don't work to boot, and the machine can't 
netboot).
I'll see if I can figure out a way to test this.

  -Adam