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Linux compatibility enabled for PowerPC ports
March 12, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Emmanuel Dreyfus has integrated Linux binary compatibility for PowerPC ports. This means that NetBSD/bebox should now be able to run LinuxPPC binaries such as Netscape Communicator. [0 comments]
Physical memory handling changes
March 01, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Paul Kranenburg has updated the code that manages physical memory in NetBSD/sparc (see the NetBSD-current versions of pmap.c, machdep.c, and autoconf.c), resulting in these "user visible" changes:
The kernels message buffer size is now 8192 (was 4096) on all platforms under NetBSD/sparc. sun4 users: The full first page is now used, since there should be sufficient sanity checking in the message buffer initialization code to detect possible corruption by boot programs. Testing on a sun 4/490 showed no problems.
sun4m PROMs may allow you to not have a memory bank starting at physical address 0. The NetBSD bootstrap code now also deals with this, so you can plug your memory modules into any slot supported by the machine's PROM.
If you encounter any problems, please drop Paul a note.
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New Developer (Jukka Andberg)
February 26, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Jukka Andberg
NetBSD/sun3 switches to ELF
February 22, 2001 posted by Blog Import
NetBSD/sun3 is now using ELF as its native object file format in -current. An ELF snapshot is available in the NetBSD/sun3 snapshot area of the ftp server. Also available are instructions for upgrading from this snapshot or from source. [0 comments]
Simon Burge is now the NetBSD/pmax co-port-maintainer
February 14, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Please welcome Simon Burge to the NetBSD/pmax co-port-maintainer position. Simon has been a long-term contributor to the pmax port (and NetBSD in general), and has effectively performed many of the pmax port-maintainer tasks, including building the past few NetBSD/pmax releases. Simon joins Jonathon Stone as co-port-maintainer of the pmax port. [0 comments]
Some recent changes to NetBSD/bebox
February 12, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Allen Briggs has added the ex driver (3Com 3c90x[BC]) to NetBSD/bebox, and used it for an NFS-based boot. This requires configuring the PCI bus at boot time, which requires the PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE option to exist in your kernel configuration file. Also, in addition to the tested 3Com card, all PCI devices supported under NetBSD/macppc should now work. Please tell the folks at the port-bebox if you have any problems. SCSI support is under development. [0 comments]
more ISDN drivers (amiga)
February 08, 2001 posted by Blog Import
The Zorro bus driver support for the recently integrated isdn4bsd package has been enhanced to support also the BSC ISDN Master II, the Zeus ISDN Link and the Individual Computers ISDN Surfer. More information is available in Ignatios' announcement in the port-amiga mail archive (slightly corrected here). [0 comments]
New compat14 package available
February 04, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Matthew Green has added a compat14 package to pkgsrc. This package contains NetBSD 1.4.3 shared libraries, and can add compatibility for dynamically linked executables compiled under NetBSD/sparc 1.4 (a.out) to a NetBSD/sparc 1.5 (elf) machine. [0 comments]
Sandpoint port is integrated
February 04, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Initial commit of NetBSD/sandpoint code [0 comments]
(vax) Support for new CPU types
February 04, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Michael Kukat has written support for a bunch of new CPU types, among them are MicroVAX 3100m90, MicroVAX 3100m95, VAX 4000/100, VAX 4000/105A, VAX 4000/108, VAX 4000/400, VAX 4000/500 and VAX 4000/600. [0 comments]
initial WSCONS support (amiga)
February 02, 2001 posted by Blog Import
An initial, still incomplete WSCONS support for the builtin Amiga graphics chips was contributed by Jukka Andberg and integrated. [0 comments]
Support for the SEGA Broadband Adapter
February 02, 2001 posted by Blog Import
Marcus Comstedt and Jason Thorpe have added support for the SEGA Broadband Adapter to the NetBSD/dreamcast port. This allows NetBSD/dreamcast to run from an NFS root file system. In addition to the Broadband Adapter, the keyboard and display console support has been improved. A session transcript from a telnet login to a Dreamcast running NetBSD on an NFS root is available. The kernel was loaded over the Broadband Adapter using Marcus' IP-slave boot loader. [0 comments]