[B2-devel] Re: OS X B2 1.0

[Nigel P. <ni...@in...>]

> From: Gwenole Beauchesne <gb....@fr...>
>
>> 	I have not succeeded in actually testing the networking.
>> In 7.6, the TCP/IP control panel never shows that it
>> gets a DHCP address
>
> I don't know about original MacOS requirements to get DHCP working.
> I only tested it with 8.0+. You might need a TCP/IP stack
> recent enough?

	I am testing with a 7.6 image. The TCP/IP control panel
does list DHCP as an option, so I assume it is supported :-)
But I will try different MacOSs just to be sure.

> IIRC, you could you static IPs provided you use the same subnet
> (10.0.2.x).
>
>> and there are now problems at shutdown time in the emulation.
>> (I think something in QuitEmulator() is blocking)
>
> I think this was because MacOS X doesn't implement POSIX anonymous
> semaphores, see semaphore.h and make sure it's included in your builds.

	I have copied ether_unix.cpp and semaphore into the MacOSX dir.,
to make sure it is not using one of the ones from /usr/include.
Sadly, no change in the behaviour. Debug for outgoing packets
during boot only.


> BTW, you once said about a black screen when using direct addressing.
> My bet would be I got the same problem in Darwin 8.0.1 for x86 and 
> it's now fixed in CVS so that to force ROM space to be above RAM.

	Indeed it now is. Thank you, thankyou thankyou!!!!

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