On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 09:08 +0200, Tobias Netzel wrote: > Am 29.09.2006 um 19:46 schrieb Raylynn Knight: > > > On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 17:32 +0200, Tobias Netzel wrote: > >> Am 29.09.2006 um 08:46 schrieb Raylynn Knight: > >> > >>> On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 22:07 +0200, Florian Boelstler wrote: > >>>> Hi Tobias, > >>>> > >>>> Tobias Netzel wrote: > >>>>> I didn't have time yet to look into the sources. > >>>> > >>>> Me neither. > >>>> > >>>>> I don't even know what a "flat" device tree is. Does it mean that > >>>>> all > >>>>> nodes are on the same level? > >>>> > >>>> AFAIK the "flattened device tree" is a replacement for systems that > >>>> do > >>>> not build on Open Firmware. > >>>> I am also affected about this change at work, though I didn't had a > >>>> chance to thoroughly investigate it. > >>>> > >>>> An initial documentation can be found in <linux > >>>> source>/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt > >>>> > >>>> Florian > >>>> > >>> We might want to ask Benjamin Herrenschmidt's opinion on the approach > >>> we > >>> should take. The document states " new 32-bit > >>> platforms and 32-bit platforms which move into arch/powerpc will be > >>> required to use these rules". But the document seems to be > >>> addressing > >>> mostly embedded platforms. Also, I do believe Ben will have to > >>> review > >>> any code we wish to get into the mainstream kernel tree. > >>> > >> It would be hard and a lot of work to get our patches into the > >> mainstream kernel - too much for just 2 persons. > >> Or is there anyone who would like to communicate with the ppc kernel > >> developers list? > >>> > > I'm all for making the effort. The advantage if we do it right, would > > be support from the debian and Ubuntu distributions at a minimum. Also > > taking this route might get us more than 2 developers. Perhaps we have > > more than 2 already?? Florian appears to be interested, if you count > > you and I and him that's already 3 developers!!! I have some > > experience with NuBus and the Ethernet drivers having done work on both > > for m68k Mac in the past. > That's great! > > > > I'm currently working on updating the SMC driver to support PDS and > > CommSlot cards on the 6290 and the Asante 100MB Nubus card on the x100 > > boxes. I'm also working on getting Doc support for the 2300 working by > > perusing the NetBSD code, I think I can at least get the Ethernet on > > the > > Newer UltraDock and MicroDock working in the next couple of weeks. > > Getting the SCSI port working would be great, but even NetBSD hasn't > > seemed to have figured that out yet. We don't need Dock support for the UtlraDock or the MicroDock ethernet support. The Ethernet show up in slot E address space and the current SMC code finds the registers just fine. However, they don't appear to use the slot E interrupt so I'll have to do more digging to see which interrupt they use. I'll also have to change the Mac8390 driver as it thinks it can drive the Ethernet on the UltraDock and MicroDock, but they definitely have SMC chips and not 8390 chips.
> I found some dock support in the NetBSD sources, too. > Did you get a PB 500 PPC yet? You once mentioned you will get one. > I have the following PPC hardware: PowerBook 540c w/ 603e upgrade 40MB RAM, 1GB SCSI disk - partitioned for Linux, will boot kernel but gets no response to keyboard. PowerBook Duo 2300c w/ 56MB RAM, 4.3GB disk, MicroDock, UtlraDock 16sce, UltraDock 16sc, MiniDock, Duo Dock II - Currently boots Debian 3.1 w/KDE 3.3 desktop (very slowly) PowerBook 5300c - w/ 40MB RAM, 5 GB disk, onboard Focus MVE16 Ethernet - Currently boots Debian 3.1 no graphics. PowerBook 5300ce w/ 56MB RAM, 10GB disk, Zip Disk, onboard Focus MVE16 Ethernet - Currently boots Debian 3.1 w/ Gnome Desktop (very slowly) PowerBook 1400cs133 w/ 64MB RAM, 10 GB disk, 8x CDROM - Currently boots Debian 3.1 w/ Gnome Desktop PowerBook 1400c Newer Tech 250Mhz G3, 64MB RAM, 20GB disk, 12x CDROM, onboard Farallon Ethernet (haven't tried patch yet), - Currently boots Debian 3.1 w/ XFCE Desktop PowerBook 1400cs Newer Tech 216Mhz G3, 64MB RAM, needs disk, 6x CDROM. Also have a Zip Drive and a VST 1.4GB Expansion Bay drive for the 1400s. PowerBook 3400c-200 w/ 144MB RAM, 10GB disk, 6x CDROM, built-in Ethernet - Currently running Ubuntu 5.10 2 - Performa 6290 w/ 64MB RAM and ~4GB disk running Debian 3.1 1 - Performa 6116 w/ 72 MB RAM running Debian 3.1 1 - PowerMac 6100 - Newer Tech 230Mhz G3, 72 MB RAM running Debian 3.1 1 - PowerMac 7100 - Newer Tech 250Mhz G3, Maxed out RAM, ready for Linux install (previously had Yellow Dog 2.3) 1 - PowerMac 8100-100 Maxed out RAM, ready for Linux install (Hard disk died) 1 - PowerMac 8600-200 w/ 272 MB RAM running Debian 3.1 no graphics 1 - 266Mhz Beige G3 Tower w/ 384 MB RAM running Ubuntu 5.10 I also have a boxful of Nubus, PDS and CommSlot Ethernet cards that I use for testing the drivers for both m68k and Nubus PPC Linux. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Nubus-pmac-users mailing list Nubus-pmac-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users
