Subject: Re: New Daystar kernel
To: Kevin Radke <radke@cpre1.ee.iastate.edu>
From: Lt Avram Dorfman <dorfman@hq.af.mil>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/03/1996 13:16:31
Just wanted to say that I've been using this kernel for a while, and have
had good luck with it. There was a while where it was occasionally
freezing on reboot. It hasn't done it recently though - I don't know why.
-1LT Avram Dorfman
HQ USAF Network Management
permanent email address: avram@pobox.com
"Methodological observation of the sociometrical behavior tendencies of
prematurated isolates indicates that a causal relationship exists between
groundward tropism and lachrimatory behavior forms."
On Mon, 6 May 1996, Kevin Radke wrote:
>
> For the brave, there is a new Daystar test kernel at:
>
> ftp://cpre1.ee.iastate.edu/pub/netbsd/netbsd-daystar#2.tar.gz
>
> It should be more robust than the previous kernel. It
> was compiled from current source as of Apr 28 (or sometime
> near there)
>
> Don't even try it if your machine doesn't have a
> daystar powercache installed. :) The magic word for the day
> would probably be "buss-error"...
>
> You can also leave your powercache enabled when booting
> into netbsd, since the kernel disables the cache early in
> boot, and then re-enables it when it is ready.
>
> It has been fairly well tested on my SE/30 w/20MB and a
> 33Mhz Daystar Powercache. Some old benchmarks I ran
> showed about a 25% increase in speed compared to the
> cache being disabled.
>
> Comments welcome...
> Kevin
>
> P.S. When time permits, source containing my mods will become available...
> (Hopefully soon)
>
>
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