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Hello,

On Jan 29, 2007, at 20:48, leon zadorin wrote:

> On 1/30/07, Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Try to build a smaller GENERIC kernel. 5MB is not much smaller than
>> GENERIC, the kernel I use on my iBook is 3.3MB. For instance, you can
>> leave out all PCI host bridges besides uninorth ( no grackle or bandit
>> anywhere ), the onboard ethernet controller should be a gem - you can
>> get rid of all the others. The audio chip is a snapper or something
>> very similar, no need to have other audio drivers in your kernel.
>
> cool, thanks - will try that next... in the meantime, have you read
> the following patches (one uses "noop" another "save and restore from
> openbsd" land in sys/arch/powerpc/oea/ofw_subr.S file ?
>
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/02/10/0000.html
>
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/03/25/0001.html
>
> I had a quick look at the current cvs tree of netbsd-current and they
> were not there - so I guess someone looked at those and decided that
> they were not needed...?

I remember them, they didn't help when someone else had a similar 
problem on a PowerBook, or rather the discussion went nowhere. Feel 
free to apply them, if they work for you I'll commit them.

have fun
Michael
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