Subject: Re: wd33c93
To: Wayne Knowles <wdk@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 08/17/2001 17:15:31
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:11:22PM +1200, Wayne Knowles wrote:
> I now have DMA support working and it is *rock solid* against my stress
> testing. Have not attempted a make build on it yet
Sweet!
> PS. The sgimips port is not capable of writing disk labels at present,
> and needs an Irix label on the disk. It is easy to solve, but may
> break backward compatability with Irix. I think the trick may be to
> place a NetBSD style disklabel in the 2nd disk sector and maintain an
> Irix compatable label on the first sector - this is what is used by
> the NetBSD/mipsco port
Yah, probably a good idea. Some similar trick is used on the Sun ports,
as well.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>