Re: Call for testing on Motorola PowerPC machines

Yes, some of the old powerstack boards ran OFW.  I believe that you  
can simply swap the boot proms/flash for PPCBUG boot proms/flash.

Cheers,
Michael


On 17-Jul-06, at 1:38 PM, Tim Rightnour wrote:

>
> On 17-Jul-2006 Michael-John Turner wrote:
>> Would the original Powerstack (the DeathStar model) also possibly  
>> support
>> the image? I know it has OFW (and should be supported by NetBSD/ 
>> ofppc,
>> although I haven't yet tried that), but I'm not sure whether or  
>> not the
>> PReP port should be able to run on it?
>
> Umm..  NetBSD/prep does support the old powerstacks, and the old  
> motorola
> ultras.   (the E0 and E1 powerstack models).  I've never heard of  
> an old
> powerstack having OFW, but I guess one could exist.
>
> The general rule is that the firmware determines if it runs ofppc  
> or prep. If
> it's PPCBUG, it will run under prep.  If it's OFW, it will have to  
> be ofppc.
> If it's DINK32, you're on your own.
>
> So, if your powerstack really does have OFW, and no way to get to  
> ppcbug, then
> NetBSD/prep won't run on it.  Otherwise, AFAIK powerstack 1's and  
> 0's are
> allready fully supported by NetBSD/prep.
>
>
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