Subject: Re: testing -current on an SE/30
To: Greg Oster <oster@cs.usask.ca>
From: Paul Ripke <stix@stix.id.au>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/28/2006 07:48:56
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 09:36:13AM -0600, Greg Oster wrote:
> 
> Has anyone else here attempted to boot a -current kernel on an SE/30? 
> How about on any other m68k Mac box?  

Sadly, my SE/30 is dead, although one day I might dig it up and
resurrect it... but I do have:

ksh$ head -10 /var/run/dmesg.boot 
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 4.99.4 (KITT) #0: Tue Nov 21 22:16:31 EST 2006
        stix@zion.stix.org.au:/export/netbsd/current/obj.mac68k/export/netbsd/current/src/sys/arch/mac68k/compile/KITT
Apple Macintosh Quadra 605  (68040)
cpu: delay factor 792
total memory = 20480 KB

I'll build a post-hackathon kernel and test it sometime this week,
and post the results. I think I missed out on the timecounter
changes by a matter of hours. I was trying to investigate PR
port-m68k/35099, but haven't had much luck.

> I tried booting a -current (4.99.4) kernel on an SE/30 the other day, 
> and it basically hangs at this line:
>  
>  scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
> 
> and I'm just wondering if others have seen this?  (I suspect a 
> timecounter issue...)
> 
> On a related note, I'm wondering how people can expect 4.0 and beyond 
> to be good releases for mac68k if no-one is testing -current :( 

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stix