Re: 10.1 on Jornada 680 - can I help?

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 14:11:07 -0500, Timothy Gaskell wrote:

> I'm here to report a successful install of NetBSD 10.1 on a Jornada
> 680 and ask if there are any small ways I can help improve this port

Oh! A user!  Welcome :)

I have taken mine out of storage and installed current for the
retrocoputing conference just a few days ago

  https://t.me/DigitalVintage_ru/1684

Apparently WinCE doesn't like 8GB CF card (the smallest I could get on
short notice), so I need to try if it groks 4GB.


> Installation was not flawless:
> - INSTALL.TXT isn't very well tailored for the specific port and
> mentions things like having a 1.44 MB floppy drive, which the HP
> palmtops do not.

INSTALL.TXT for hpcsh has a vanishingly small audience, so there's
very little incentive to spend the proverbial "copyous free time" on
it...  (you might be the first new user in the last 5 years or so :).
Any improvements are definitely welcome.

There are some old notes that were presentned at EuroBSDCon a long,
long time ago: https://2004.eurobsdcon.org/uploads/media/EBSD04_37.pdf


> - installation/hpcboot-sh3.exe would boot
> binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz but when doing so tried mounting the
> CF card as root even when I told it (the correct way?) to use the
> miniroot.fs installation ram disk instead.

GENERIC doesn't have md(4) enabled.  md(4) is not large and with
MEMORY_DISK_DYNAMIC (i.e. load miniroot file from CF) the size
increase should be minuscule, I think, so it might be a good idea to
enable it.


> Since this is a port with fairly few users where testing and polishing
> doesn't always happen, I'm wondering if there's any way I can help.

Patches are welcome.


-uwe