USB and more PCI device support
Izumi Tsutsui <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:31:47 +0900
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.cobalt |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
> so I'd also announce 5.1 based NetBSD/cobalt restorecd: > http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/cobalt/restore-cd/5.1/ I received a question about support of PCI USB card, so I'd answer it here. GENERIC kernel of NetBSD/cobalt 5.1 doesn't have necessary drivers for USB devices so it doesn't work by default installation. NetBSD/cobalt itself supports PCI and USB devices and we have to config and compile a new kernel from sources. I know it's a bit annoying so I also put a compiled sample kernel which includes much more PCI and USB device drivers: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/cobalt/5.1/ - kern-GENERIC.tgz includes "/netbsd" kernel based on GENERIC but with more drivers. - "PCIDEVS" is a kernel config file to build this one You can use it by replacing a kernel in running your system and rebooting it, but don't forget to rename an original kernel for recovery. See also NetBSD guide to build a kernel from sources: http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/guide/en/chap-fetch.html http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/guide/en/chap-build.html Note on-board VIA bridge chip has UHCI, but we can never use it. (it's disabled and no connected signal lines) --- Izumi Tsutsui