[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/mac68k Various updates for 1.4 since it looks ...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/bcb250420644
branches:  trunk
changeset: 472785:bcb250420644
user:      ender <ender%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri May 07 03:30:44 1999 +0000

description:
Various updates for 1.4 since it looks like we will be making the
release after all.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/mac68k/hardware |  32 ++++++++++-----------
 distrib/notes/mac68k/legal    |   4 ++-
 distrib/notes/mac68k/prep     |  19 +++++++------
 distrib/notes/mac68k/upgrade  |  61 ++----------------------------------------
 distrib/notes/mac68k/whatis   |  37 ++++++++-----------------
 distrib/notes/mac68k/xfer     |   4 +-
 6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)

diffs (290 lines):

diff -r 1f9d26523c2b -r bcb250420644 distrib/notes/mac68k/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/mac68k/hardware     Fri May 07 01:30:26 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mac68k/hardware     Fri May 07 03:30:44 1999 +0000
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.14 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $ 
+.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.15 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $        
 NetBSD/mac68k \*V runs on several of the older Macintosh computers.
-About 4MB of RAM should be sufficient to boot, and the system can probably
+About 4MB of RAM might be sufficient to boot, and the system can probably
 be squeezed onto a 40MB hard disk by leaving off an unnecessary set or two.
 To actually do much compiling or anything more interesting than booting, at
-least 8MB of RAM and more disk space is recommended. About 75MB will be
+least 8MB of RAM and more disk space is recommended. About 95MB will be
 necessary to install all of the
 .Nx \*V
 binary system distribution
-sets (note that this does not count swap space!). An additional 25MB or so
+sets (note that this does not count swap space!). An additional 30MB or so
 is needed for the binary X11 distribution sets. Much more disk space is
 required to install the source and objects as well (at least another 300MB).
 .Ss2 Supported models:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 Onboard Ethernet based on the MACE (Am79C940) chip for the Quadra
 AV-series Macs
 .It
-Comm-slot Ethernet may be working for some machines/cards
+Comm-slot Ethernet should be working for most machines/cards
 .El
 .Pp
 If your 68030 system is not listed above, it may be because of a problem
@@ -94,13 +94,11 @@
 ADB interfaces similar to those used in the IIfx and thus
 face similar support problems.
 .It Em PowerPC-based Macs:
-This will be a separate effort from the mac68k
-port. The PowerPC is a much different processor as is much
-of the hardware inside these machines. If you are
-interested in this, you might want to take a look at 
-http://www.mklinux.apple.com/. In addition, there is
-also a NetBSD-powerpc port. For more information, please
-see http://www.tools.de/~ws/NetBSD/powerpc.html.
+This is a separate effort from the mac68k port. PowerMacs
+use hardware that is often fairly different from that of
+the mac68k port.  If you are interested in this, you might
+want to take a look at the new NetBSD/macppc port:
+http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/index.html
 .El
 .Pp
 Known hardware issues with this release:
@@ -118,9 +116,9 @@
 robust as their MacOS counterparts. Symptoms of these
 problems are that some SCSI disks will not work under
 NetBSD that work fine under MacOS. Other problems include
-occasional filesystem corruption with some drives types of
-drives and the general unreliability of removable SCSI
-media. Keep in mind that there are no clear patterns with
-these problems, and they do not appear to affect the
-majority of users.
+occasional filesystem corruption with some types of drives
+and the general unreliability of removable SCSI media.
+Keep in mind that there are no clear patterns with these
+problems, and they do not appear to affect the majority of
+users.
 .El
diff -r 1f9d26523c2b -r bcb250420644 distrib/notes/mac68k/legal
--- a/distrib/notes/mac68k/legal        Fri May 07 01:30:26 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mac68k/legal        Fri May 07 03:30:44 1999 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: legal,v 1.8 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $     
+.\"    $NetBSD: legal,v 1.9 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $    
 
 This product includes software developed by the Alice Group.
 
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@
 This product includes software developed by Scott Reynolds.
 
 This product includes software developed by John P. Wittkoski.
+
+This product includes software developed by Colin Wood.
diff -r 1f9d26523c2b -r bcb250420644 distrib/notes/mac68k/prep
--- a/distrib/notes/mac68k/prep Fri May 07 01:30:26 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mac68k/prep Fri May 07 03:30:44 1999 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: prep,v 1.7 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $      
+.\"    $NetBSD: prep,v 1.8 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $     
 Find your favorite disk partitioning utility. Any formatter capable of
 partitioning a SCSI disk should work. Some of the ones that have been
 tried and seem to work are:
@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@
 (i.e.
 .Pa netbsd.tgz , base.tgz , No and
 .Pa etc.tgz )
-should fit in a 30M partition.
-For a full installation, you should allocate at least 80M. A general rule
-of thumb for sizing the swap partition is to allocate twice as much swap
-space as you have real memory. Having your swap + real memory total at
-least 20M is also a good idea. Systems that will be heavily used or that
-are low on real memory should have more swap space allocated. Systems that
-will be only lightly used or have a very large amount of real memory can
-get away with less.
+should just fit in a 32M partition.
+For a full installation, you should allocate at least 95M (150M if you
+wish to install the X sets as well). A general rule of thumb for sizing
+the swap partition is to allocate twice as much swap space as you have
+real memory. Having your swap + real memory total at least 20M is also
+a good idea. Systems that will be heavily used or that are low on real
+memory should have more swap space allocated. Systems that will be only
+lightly used or have a very large amount of real memory can get away
+with less.
 .Pp
 Next, use your favorite partitioning utility to make partitions of the
 necessary sizes. You can use any type of partition, but partitions of type
diff -r 1f9d26523c2b -r bcb250420644 distrib/notes/mac68k/upgrade
--- a/distrib/notes/mac68k/upgrade      Fri May 07 01:30:26 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mac68k/upgrade      Fri May 07 03:30:44 1999 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.14 1999/01/25 23:34:22 garbled Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.15 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 mode and do the following:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 cd /
-tar -zxvpf /path/to/kern.tgz
+pax -zrvpe -f /path/to/kern.tgz
 .Ed
 There is no need to backup your old kernel explicitly since it will be
 incapable of running many of the newer binaries you are about to
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 Install the distribution sets. Keep in mind that the
 .Nx \*V
 distribution takes up a considerably larger amount of disk space than
-did the 1.2 or 1.2.1 distributions. If you are using the Installer,
+did the 1.3 family of distributions. If you are using the Installer,
 proceed normally (remember that you will need to mount non-root
 partitions by hand using the MiniShell before installing). If you are
 installing from within NetBSD, do the following:
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 If you are in NetBSD, do the following instead:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 cd /tmp
-tar -zrvpe -f /path/to/etc.tgz
+pax -zrvpe -f /path/to/etc.tgz
 .Ed
 .It
 If you are in the Installer, quit it and boot into
@@ -181,36 +181,6 @@
 etc.tgz set:
 .Bl -bullet
 .It
-The first file to pay attention to is /etc/rc.conf. This file did not
-exist under
-.Nx 1.2 ,
-but it is used to configure the rc scripts
-under
-.Nx \*V .
-Edit the file to your preferences, making sure
-that you change the line that says:
-.Dl rc_configured=NO
-to read:
-.Dl rc_configured=YES
-.Pp
-This will enable all of the options you have configured in /etc/rc.conf.
-.It
-The next important item to take note of is the new networking
-configuration files. If you currently have an /etc/hostname.xxN file
-(fill in the xx with either ae or sn and the X with a number), you will
-need to convert it into an ifconfig.xxN file before networking
-automatically works. The format for the new file is simply the
-arguments which you would give to ifconfig on the command line. The
-following is an example of the minimal ifconfig.xxN file:
-.Dl inet hostname.domain.dom netmask 0xffffff00
-Read the ifconfig(8) man page for more details on arguments to ifconfig.
-Be sure to set
-.Dl auto_ifconfig=YES
-in
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf
-to ensure that your network interfaces will be brought
-up automatically on boot.
-.It
 Several of the options given to many of the file systems have changed,
 and some of the file systems have changed names.
 .Em \&It is imperative that
@@ -237,29 +207,6 @@
 .Dl sh MAKEDEV all
 .El
 .It
-A number of binaries have changed their locations from
-.Nx 1.2.1
-to
-.Nx \*V
-(most of these have moved from
-.Pa /sbin
-to
-.Pa /usr/sbin ) . No A few
-binaries have been removed. It is probably best if you scan the
-modification dates of the files in the
-.Pa /sbin directory. If there are
-files in the directory which have newer counterparts in the
-.Pa /usr/sbin
-directory, it is a very good idea to remove the older files (you will
-probably run into difficulties later if you choose not to do this). 
-You should also check the
-.Pa /sbin , /bin , /usr/bin/ No , and
-.Pa /usr/sbin
-directories for old binaries that are no longer part of the NetBSD
-distribution and delete them as well. In general, all the files in a
-particular distribution should have similar modification dates, so
-looking at these is a good way of determining a file's age.
-.It
 Run
 .Ic fsck Fl f
 to make sure that your filesystem is still consistent. If
diff -r 1f9d26523c2b -r bcb250420644 distrib/notes/mac68k/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/mac68k/whatis       Fri May 07 01:30:26 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mac68k/whatis       Fri May 07 03:30:44 1999 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.12 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $   
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.13 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $  
 .Nx \*V
-is the fourth 
+is the fifth 
 .Dq real
 release of
 .Nx
@@ -11,34 +11,21 @@
 brings a number of improvements:
 .Bl -bullet
 .It
-A host of new drivers and kernel changes enable support for
-many 68040-based Macintosh systems.
-.It
-Many previously unsupported 68030-based Macintoshes are now working.
-.It
-Support for SONIC (DP83932) and MACE (Am79C940) Ethernet controllers
-has been added (via the "sn" and "mc" devices).
+A number of kernel changes enable support for several previously
+unsupported systems (such as the LC and Performa 470-series,
+570/580-series, and 630-series Macs).
 .It
-The 
-.Xr mac68k/ae 4
-driver for DP8390-based Ethernet cards now handles more
-NuBus ethernet cards.
+Support for 800KB floppy drives has been added (i.e. machines that
+include the IWM or SWIM, but not the SWIM II or SWIM III)
 .It
-The
-.Xr mac68k/grf 4
-video driver supports many more NuBus video cards and
-most onboard video configurations.
-.It
-The serial driver code has been converted to use the machine
-independent driver. This change enables the use of cdtrcts flow
-control, but support for externally clocked serial ports is still
-incomplete.
+IBM-compatible MBR handling has been integrated to enable MS-DOS
+partition support
 .It
 The
 .Xr mac68k/adb 4
-driver now supports the ADB hardware on most Mac models,
-and a wider variety of third party mice and trackballs are handled
-as well.
+driver has undergone a major revamp.
+.It
+A number of bugs affecting II-series systems have been fixed.
 .El
 There is still a lot of work to be done and help is welcomed. Please jump in!
 .Nx \*V
diff -r 1f9d26523c2b -r bcb250420644 distrib/notes/mac68k/xfer
--- a/distrib/notes/mac68k/xfer Fri May 07 01:30:26 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mac68k/xfer Fri May 07 03:30:44 1999 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.14 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $     
+.\"    $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.15 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $    
 .
 Installation is currently only supported from the local Macintosh hard
 drive, from a CD-ROM, or from an AppleShare volume (however, you may upgrade
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ; see the section on upgrading for more details).
 If you are installing from a local hard drive, this means that you'll need
 at least enough room for the largest file that you will have to install.
-This is the 8.6M base.tgz file. There has been talk of allowing an install
+This is the 10.2M base.tgz file. There has been talk of allowing an install
 from split files. If you have the time, desire, and knowledge, please feel
 free to add that functionality.
 .Pp