amd64 completely crossbuildable

Frank van der Linden announced that the NetBSD/amd64 Port is now completely crossbuildable. Please see his message to the port-amd64 Mailing List for details. [0 comments]

 

New -current snapshot available (amd64)

The most recent snapshot, based on 2003-05-10 sources is now available as a bootable ISO install image, located at the NetBSD/amd64 snapshot area of the ftp server. This snapshot has some important improvements in it. For details, look at the README file. [0 comments]

 

mailing list renamed (x86_64)

The mailing list, port-x86_64, has been renamed to port-amd64. Users who were subscribed to the old list do not need to resubscribe. [0 comments]

 

(hp300) APCI com fixed

Some fixes for apci serial, which switched to MI com(4) driver, are committed so that now it's actually functional. [0 comments]

 

SMP enabled in -current (sparc)

SMP support on sparc has been enabled in -current and has been relatively stable on a SPARCstation 20/712, sun4/690 and other systems. See the FAQ and Matthew Green's message to the port-sparc mailing list. [0 comments]

 

Bootloader v3.01 has been released for testing

The acorn32 portmaster Reinoud Zandijk has released version 3.01 of the bootloader. This new bootloader is a complete rewrite and comes as a NetBSD compilable single RISC OS relocatable module and is capable of booting all supported machines including NC's. It's still in development but ought to work fine for all users. You can download the latest released version of the module boot32 and give it a try. Please report problems to the mailing list or to the portmaster. [0 comments]

 

FAQ updated (acorn32)

The FAQ has been updated and been actualised. Added is the question how to boot an NC into NetBSD using the new boot32 bootloader. [0 comments]

 

Support for the SEGA LAN Adapter

Support for the SEGA LAN Adapter is added, based on patch in port-dreamcast/17493 from Christian Groessler. [0 comments]

 

New Maple bus drivers

ITOH Yasufumi has rewritten Maple bus driver and has added support for memory card and monochrome LCD on the Maple bus. [0 comments]

 

NetBSD 1.6 fix for IBM z50

NetBSD 1.6 kernel for IBM z50 released. 1.6 native kernel has PCIC(i82365 clone) timing problem on IBM z50. [0 comments]

 

New firmware for cats

Simtec have released new firmware for cats, I recommend that people install it. It's been noted that it has fixed an issue relating to X on for at least one person. The new firmware can be found on Simtec's website. Specifically on their cats support page. I would strongly recommend that cats users upgrade to 1.3. As the firmware allows for larger kernels, which means I'll be reenabling some devices in the -current INSTALL kernel. [0 comments]

 

(hp700) New -current kernel available

A new kernel, bootloader, and ld.elf_so have been uploaded. These fix problems from the snapshot based on 2002-07-06 sources. Copy the files from the hp700-update-20020905.tar.gz to your system. [0 comments]