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
>