Subject: Re: -4/470?
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/21/1997 00:10:37
> The 1.2 INSTALL document states that the -4/400 series is not fully
> supported, and indeed, here's what I see on a 470:
For the record, you need a kernel built with `options MMU_3L' to get
4/400 support.
> Booting netbsd @ 0x4000
> 1212384+106968+77356+[73920+85736]=0x17ff94
>
> Watchdog reset.
> >
>
> Has this changed in -current? Is anyone working on it? What more is
> needed to get it functioning (not necessarily well)?
Last time I booted NetBSD on a 4/490 it would properly complete
auto-configuration. I had no root filesystem to go any further; an attempt
to boot diskless failed on `DMA underrun' errors from `ie0', probably
because it needs IOCACHE support.
-pk