Subject: Re: next68k port status?
To: Timm Wetzel <twetzel@cns.mpg.de>
From: Michael Wolfson <michael@nosflow.com>
List: port-next68k
Date: 10/20/2003 13:17:20
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:33 AM, Timm Wetzel wrote:
> Recently I noticed the SPARC boot/disklabel support in cdrecord, and I
> wondered whether the next68k disklabel could also exist on an ISO CD.
> But it seems the NeXT label starts at the beginning of the disk
> (LABELSECTOR == LABELOFFSET == 0), so it probably won't fit on an ISO
> CD.
Well, now that I think about it, if NeXT required use of a floppy to
run NeXTSTEP from a CD-ROM, then it seems unlikely we'll easily figure
it out either.
>> - doesn't have full wscons support (virtual terminals)
>
> Is this supported for any framebuffer-only port? I always thought the
> ports which had this used the text capabilities of VGA hardware (or
> similar?).
Oh, OK.
> More specifically, with the 2003-10-15 -current releng snapshot
> (1.6ZD) my ADB color turbo can netboot the kernel, but it freezes hard
> immediately after the wsdisplay0 line (no reaction to ping, keyboard,
> NMI, power switch; no network activity after the kernel load). Well,
> at least the booter works, and the display is also fine.
Oh well. Please file a PR so we don't forget that ADB needs work.
> I'll try with my other slab soon (ADB-capable color turbo with non-ADB
> periphery). Has anyone recently tested a non-ADB turbo?
Last year, but it would be nice to know that -current still works on
turbo NeXT systems (and how well).
Thanks,
-- MW