Re: CVS Update: 2.3 (branch: trunk)

[Ken T. <ke...@we...>]

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Rene Brothuhn wrote:

Hello,

I've compiled a kernel with  PCI enabled but not tested it yet due to
other goings on around here.

I flashed the card with the latest (last ?) update some time ago but I
didn't do the SCSI if it needs to be done seperately.

I looked into why I needed ElfLoadSeg in the Startup-Sequence of the small
direct Linux boot partition and not on my ususal boot. The reason is that
the small boot partition doesn't have support for the CV-64/3d, no
cgxsytem.library.  It appears the library loads the ppc.library and fires
up the PPC. Move the cgxsystem.library out of the way and boot ADOS in AGA
and the bootstrap won't work - assuming nothing else loads the
ppc.library.

Are you sure about PPCInstall vs. ElfLoadSeg ?  I got the idea from the
documentation PPCInstall was a temporary measure and ElfLoadSeg was the
proper way.

Thanks for looking into this, I'll test my PCI enabled kernel and read up
on if I need flash the SCSI.

Might also explain the internet slowdowns I see with a UW drive connected.

Ken.


> I have made some tests this weekend, just to see if the SCSI-deadlocks has 
> something todo with the PCI stuff. I have compiled a kernel without PCI, 
> have removed my Permedia card and used a RetinaZ3 instead (borrowed from a 
> friend). I could not notice any problem (except the CD-ROM problem) when 
> using UW-SCSI.
> 
> So maybe the problem lies somewhere in your configuration. Maybe you are 
> using old CS-PPC firmware and/or old ppc.library/680x0.library. Because 
> I'm wondering why you must use ElfLoadSeg in startup-sequence to load the 
> ppc.library and starting linux. This is not necessary on my machine, if I 
> start linux with a simple startup-squence. Also you should use PPCInstall 
> to load the ppc.library instead of ElfLoadSeg.
> As far as I know, you can find the latest ppc/flash stuff under:
> 
> ftp://ftp.meanmachine.ch/pub/amiga/ppclib/