Subject: possible NetBSD/pmax project -- Re: 5000/1xx Hardware Maintenance Guide
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/22/1999 13:54:34
[ ... audio circuit found in DECstation ... ]
Jonathan> the same dead application library (AF) that the original
Jonathan> Ultrix patches used. i.e., None of the standard NetBSD
Jonathan> sound apps or packages will work.
>> Ok, it isn't a high end solution :)
There are two major voids in NetBSD/pmax. Missing audio driver of
IOASIC DECstation built in and no floppy driver for MAXINE.
Both projects are not hard to accomplish. Take a look at NetBSD/sparc
port and run analysis and research on how existing codes are applied.
Specifically, in 'arch/sparc/dev' directory;
am7930_sparc.c
fd.c, fdreg.h, fdvar.h
Jonathan Stone once tried to modify the original 7930 codes in some
degree.
Tohru Nishimura
Nara Institute of Science and Technology