Need info on next68k port status
Michael Wolfson <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Oct 2003 22:38:21 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.next68k |
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I never got any responses to my previous message from a week ago. I'd appreciate if y'all could help me update the docs for the upcoming 2.0 release. TIA, -- MW Begin forwarded message: > Howdy next68k folk, > > Since we're approaching a new major release, I figure it's time to > update the docs. > > So, I know these models work (I've got a NeXT_X15): > - 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube) - NeXT_X15 > ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display > - 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation) - NeXT_WARP9 > ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display > - 68040-25 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color) - NeXT_WARP9C > ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display > > Which of these work (and how well -- > ethernet/keyboard/mouse/display/SCSI)? > - 68030-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXT Computer) - NeXT_CUBE? > - 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_MONO? > - 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_MONO? > - 68040-33 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color Turbo) - NeXT_TURBO_COLOR? > > Hardware support > - Do ADB peripherals work? > - Is SCSI reliably working (hard drives and CD-ROMs)? > By this, I mean are there no sneaky gotchas involved in booting and > using SCSI > hard drives and CD-ROMs? Is it a preferred method of installing > NetBSD? > - What about ISO 9660 file systems? GENERIC seems to have it > commented out. > - Can you partition a disk to boot both NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP and NetBSD, > or is it > one disk per OS? > > OS support > - What boot methods are available (aside from netboot and SCSI HD)? > - Shouldn't it have sysinst if it supports booting from hard drives? > - Compatibility with NeXT format file systems (read/write)? > Isn't it the same that MacOS X uses (which is supported in > NetBSD/macppc) > - What's the X server status? > - Does it have full wscons support (i.e. virtual terminals)? > - I couldn't get screenblank to work. > That'd be really nice for the old mono monitors. > - COMPAT_NEXT? (OK, it's a long shot, but COMPAT_DARWIN works now) > > Misc support > - Any work on optical drive support? > - Any work on NeXT-style CD-ROM support? > - Any work on floppy support? > - NeXT Printers? > - NeXTdimension displays? > > Anything else I'm missing? > > TIA, > -- MW >