Re: booting NetBSD 9 on a 2010 imac?

[Josh Moyer <jmoyer%nodomain.net@localhost>]

On 11/29/2021 6:07 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
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> Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> writes:
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>>       iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
>>       Model Identifier:  iMac11,2
>>       Processor Name:    Intel Core i3
>>       Processor Speed:   3.06 GHz
>>       Number Of Processors:      1
>>       Total Number Of Cores:     2
>>       L2 Cache (per core):       256 KB
>>       L3 Cache:  4 MB
>>       Memory:    4 GB (since updated to 12G)
>>       MC508LL/A
>>       A1311 (EMC 2389)
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> For anyone reading the archives later:
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>    "userconf disable radeon*" works, in that no radeon is attached and
>    whatever DRM/KMS stuff would happen doesn't happen.
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>    "userconf disable radeon0" still leads to a blank screen.
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>    there were no reports about NetBSD experience on this model

I've been running 9.3 and the May 21st 10 beta on this model for a little while now.  Both versions seem to require the userconf disable radeon* command.  (Thanks for letting us know about it!)  Is that why GL is unaccelerated (based on a casual examination of CPU utilization while running xscreensaver)?

Also of note is that shutdown -p only reboots the system and also that the e key on the Magic Keyboard does not work in 10, but does in 9.  Should I file bugs?


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