At 04:15 PM 3/6/01 +0100, Marcus Comstedt wrote:
>  Jonathan> I'm wondering something (as I've yet to try booting NetBSD on
my DC), how
>  Jonathan> does NetBSD view the expansion port? and how does the
expansion port work,
>  Jonathan> exactly? I kinda get the gist of the maple bus (read some of
that on one of
>  Jonathan> the many dc hacking pages.. ), but I have no idea on whatever
it uses on the
>  Jonathan> expansion port.
>
>The expansion port works like the expansion port of most home
>computers; it's just a bit of the CPU bus that you can connect stuff
>to.

I mean, is it more like a single port (no adresses bus) or more like
ISA/etc (data, address,
etc)?  I'd think the latter, if so, then it'd be possible to just poke
around at it.. 

>  Jonathan> Another question: does NetBSD intercept whatever triggers the
DC system
>  Jonathan> menu to
>  Jonathan> appear when you open the top? I assume it does.. anyway to
detect it
>  Jonathan> ourselves?
>
>There is nothing to "intercept"; any program that jums to the system
>menu upon opening of the drive lid does so of its own free will.  It's
>possible to check the GDROM drive status to see if the lid is open or
>not.
>

Oh, good. :)

>  // Marcus
>
>
>
-----------------------------------------------------
Click here for Free Video!!
http://www.gohip.com/free_video/