Subject: Re: Processor correctavke error?
To: Michael T. Stolarchuk <mts@rare.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/11/1998 16:02:48
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:47:04 -0400
"Michael T. Stolarchuk" <mts@rare.net> wrote:
> That's what the kernel says when its boots up. i've got about
> eight of the 533 mhz 164xl motherboards... what's the way to tell
> about the chipset?
Yah, the kernel used to just print the systype name. You really want
to be running -current on a 164LX. That machine has a Pysix, and
NetBSD didn't really deal well with the Pyxis until I recently fixed it.
> i've done stack unwinding code on ibm-rt's before... how bad is ddb
> wrt adding code to try and unravel the trap?
The Alpha is particularly evil wrt. stack unwinding... you'll want to
ask Ross about this :-)
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