Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.5.2 on IPX boot problems...
To: William Barnett-Lewis <wlewis@mailbag.com>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/24/2002 18:47:18
William Barnett-Lewis said:

>The problem is that some of the old IPX's and SS2's had bad cache chips
>in the chip set. The only way to tell is if you get an error msg on
>booting NetBSD. I was able to get my IPX to use the Weitek by swapping
>in a good cache chip from an otherwise dead IPX. It's really a trial and
>error kind of thing. 

Do you mean this line in dmesg:

cpu0 at mainbus0: cache chip bug; trap page uncached: CY7C601 @ 40 MHz, TMS390C602A FPU

>There should be more in the archive around April - May ish of 2001 from
>my tribulations. I since moved onto a Sun Blade 100. 

Do you have NetBSD running on the Sun Blade 100?

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