Re: install/57542: NetBSD shuts down during installation on Intel Atom Baytrail Notebook with 32-bit EFI

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

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From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: lehmannwer%gmail.com@localhost
Subject: Re: install/57542: NetBSD shuts down during installation on Intel
 Atom Baytrail Notebook with 32-bit EFI
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 06:19:25 +0000 (UTC)

 On Sun, 30 Jul 2023, Werner Lehmann wrote:
 
 > What about the possibility of tethering an Android smartphone in order
 > to connect to the internet? Is that possible on NetBSD?
 >
 
 Yes, that is possible, I think. See: urndis(4), usbnet(4).
 
 > I don't quite understand: Why do the two drivers "look like
 > ARM-scecific" or "ARM-only" when we are talking about a Fedora x86_64
 > installation?
 >
 
 There are 2 drivers in the NetBSD kernel sources which _look_ like
 they correspond to the drivers I see in the Linux dmesg output,
 but, they are, currently, only enabled in the `evbarm' kernels.
 And, as they call FDT-specific functions--which don't exist at all
 on the x86 platform--I don't think you can enable them for x86_64
 kernels.
 
 Ie. I don't think merely adding lines like this to an x86_64 kernel
 config. will work:
 
 ```
 $ egrep '^(axp|es)' /usr/src/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC64
 axppmic*    at iic?                 # X-Powers AXP Power Management IC
 axpreg*     at axppmic?
 es8316ac*   at iic?                 # Everest Semi ES8316 Audio CODEC
 $
 ```
 
 > Which "disk media" do you mean? The installation media (usb-stick) or
 > the internal SD card of the Notebook?
 >
 
 ld0: the internal SD card media.
 
 -RVP