Re: Quiescing Nubus DMA?

To: port-mac68k%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: Quiescing Nubus DMA?
From: Donald Lee <MacBSD.68k%caution.icompute.com@localhost>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:08:56 -0600

>The main problem with applying this sledgehammer is that we lose access to
>any Nubus graphics cards, which only MacOS (rather: the board's ROM driver,
>on behalf of the Macintosh ROMs) knows how to set up. AFAICS, that is the
>main reason why native boots (i.e. bypassing the Macintosh operating
>system) never got any traction on !OF Macintoshes.

This stuff is never as simple as it seems.

I guess that's why, when you confuse a sledgehammer with a
jackhammer, you break stuff. ;->

-dgl-

References:
- Quiescing Nubus DMA?
  - From: Hauke Fath
- Re: Quiescing Nubus DMA?
  - From: Donald Lee
- Re: Quiescing Nubus DMA?
  - From: Hauke Fath

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