Subject: Need info on next68k port status
To: None <port-next68k@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Wolfson <michael@nosflow.com>
List: port-next68k
Date: 10/09/2003 22:38:21
I never got any responses to my previous message from a week ago.

I'd appreciate if y'all could help me update the docs for the upcoming 
2.0 release.

TIA,
   -- MW

Begin forwarded message:

> Howdy next68k folk,
>
> Since we're approaching a new major release, I figure it's time to 
> update the docs.
>
> So, I know these models work (I've got a NeXT_X15):
>  - 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube) - NeXT_X15
>    ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display
>  - 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation) - NeXT_WARP9
>    ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display
>  - 68040-25 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color) - NeXT_WARP9C
>    ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display
>
> Which of these work (and how well -- 
> ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display/SCSI)?
>  - 68030-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXT Computer) - NeXT_CUBE?
>  - 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_MONO?
>  - 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_MONO?
>  - 68040-33 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_COLOR?
>
> Hardware support
>  - Do ADB peripherals work?
>  - Is SCSI reliably working (hard drives and CD-ROMs)?
>    By this, I mean are there no sneaky gotchas involved in booting and 
> using SCSI
>    hard drives and CD-ROMs?  Is it a preferred method of installing 
> NetBSD?
>  - What about ISO 9660 file systems?  GENERIC seems to have it 
> commented out.
>  - Can you partition a disk to boot both NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP and NetBSD, 
> or is it
>    one disk per OS?
>
> OS support
>  - What boot methods are available (aside from netboot and SCSI HD)?
>  - Shouldn't it have sysinst if it supports booting from hard drives?
>  - Compatibility with NeXT format file systems (read/write)?
>    Isn't it the same that MacOS X uses (which is supported in 
> NetBSD/macppc)
>  - What's the X server status?
>  - Does it have full wscons support (i.e. virtual terminals)?
>  - I couldn't get screenblank to work.
>    That'd be really nice for the old mono monitors.
>  - COMPAT_NEXT?  (OK, it's a long shot, but COMPAT_DARWIN works now)
>
> Misc support
>  - Any work on optical drive support?
>  - Any work on NeXT-style CD-ROM support?
>  - Any work on floppy support?
>  - NeXT Printers?
>  - NeXTdimension displays?
>
> Anything else I'm missing?
>
> TIA,
>   -- MW
>