Re: recent rasops commits vs. macppc

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hello,

On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 16:52:54 +0900
Rin Okuyama <rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> >> Also, thank you for your advices. It helps me a lot. Although the
> >> original owner says it has 1GB memory, I'd like to replace its
> >> HDD with SSD by using, probably, an mSATA-IDE converter; after
> >> crashing several cards, I don't trust CF or SD card so much ;-).  
> > 
> > I just boot mine from the original harddisks and use USB disks for
> > extra storage. No idea how small those converters are, there is not
> > much room in the case.
> > If your Mini comes with the bluetooth option you can setup input
> > devices in OSX and they should work in both OpenFirmware and NetBSD -
> > by default the bluetooth controller pretends to be an uhid ( and our
> > drivers do not kow how to change that ). I did that with mine to save
> > USB ports...  
> 
> Thank you for your comment. Some mSATA-IDE converters are fit to
> 2.5" IDE HDD.

Nice, last time I checked the only feasible replacement was a CF
adaptor. It's been a while though.

> I didn't know bluetooth is usable in OpenFirmware! I will try if my
> mini has adapter.

Surprised me as well, apparently the bluetooth controller remembers
devices in nvram or something, and automatically reconnects them without
operating system interference.

have fun
Michael