Hello,

I have already done a basic port for this platform. You can download all 
the information and the relevant patches from my web site at:

http://www.bluedonkey.org/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/Netbsd/IBMNetworkStation1000

The patch might be a little out of date, though the last time I updated 
my CVS tree it didn't report any conflicts. If you have any problems, 
let me know (include any build errors) and I'll see what I can do.

HTH,
John...

Jochen Roth wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I found a couple postings regarding the NS1000 a number of weeks
> ago when I was looking for more information. I tried to find
> some downloadable archives of this list to avoid faq-type questions,
> but I have not found anything for off-line reading yet.
> 
> I wrote the original patches for linux on the NS1000, so here is
> some background on where I am at.
> 
> 
>>Subject: Re: IBM NetStation 1000 Port
>>To: Okke Wald <okke.wald@ki.comcity.de>
>>From: John Gordon <john_94501@yahoo.com>
>>List: port-powerpc
>>Date: 04/12/2003 00:23:53 
> 
> 
>>There is a patch that can be applied to the stock 2.4.19 kernel available from
>>http://sourceforge.net/projects/networkstation - there is very little
>>documentation, but there are some posts in the forums for this project that
>>explain the installation and build process, and some emails in the mailing list
>>archives.
> 
> 
> I pretty much reverse engineered the boot process using a JTAG debugger
> and watchpoints on data areas, etc. Most of what I know is in the source
> code patches. The single biggest problem for me has been trying to locate
> some documentation on the IBM27-82376 ISA bridge. I found some snippets
> in a reference design .ps for the 82660 host bridge, and that is it. So
> anybody with any information on it, please email!
> 
> 
>>I have that kernel built and booted, and it worked as far as getting to the
>>root file system. Then it stopped as I didn't have a root file system that I
>>could make work (perhaps you'll have more luck with the one on the sourceforge
>>site - if so, please let me know what you did to get it working ;-).
> 
> 
> I use an NFS mount here by now, I don't remember what shape the initrd
> root fs was in.
> 
> 
>>As for VGA and sound support, I believe that both of these are being worked on,
>>though I don't know about the progress in that area (the kernel I booted
>>certainly did something with the video system as I got a penguin displayed in
>>the top left of the screen).
> 
> 
> I added a really shaky patch for true color support on the Trio chip
> in the box. It works with the 4.1.something fbdev X server up to
> 1024x768 at 16bpp. Sound and pcmcia works now as well. The latest patch
> for linux 2.4.19 is here:
> 
> http://networkstation.sourceforge.net/patch-2.4.19-ns1000-20030625.gz
> 
> I can't sem to find the message in question, but I read somewhere else
> that the GPL in the ncdcs tool is a problem for inclusion in BSD-licensed
> sets. I GPL'd the linux version since I would like that to become part
> of the mainline code at some point. If someone can point me to a
> recommended BSD boilerplate and instructions for submissions etc then I
> can produce a BSD-licensed version as well.
> 
> Also, if anybody has archives for the ppc-related netbsd lists other
> than http://mail-index.netbsd.org, please let me know if there is a way
> to obtain a copy.
> 
> Regards,
> Jochen
> 
> 


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John Gordon
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