Old iMac and network card

[Miguel-69]

Hi,

I was trying to setup OpenBSD on an old iMac and not everything went
OK. For example, the bm networkd adapter is not working properly:
everything seems to be fine but shortly after the interface is
running, it just hangs (timeout warnings start to be sent to the
console). I've read the FAQ
(http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq12.html#macppc) and it simply says I
should use an USB NIC.

Is there some progress on the bm driver or is it just something to be
dropped in the near future? Is there any clear understanding of the
problem or the driver is just broken and no one is currently working
on it?

Regards,
--
Miguel

[Otto Moerbeek]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:59:51PM +0100, Miguel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was trying to setup OpenBSD on an old iMac and not everything went

a dmesg, my kingdom for a dmesg! (hint: therte are many different
macppcs that all share the name iMac)

        -Otto

> OK. For example, the bm networkd adapter is not working properly:
> everything seems to be fine but shortly after the interface is
> running, it just hangs (timeout warnings start to be sent to the
> console). I've read the FAQ
> (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq12.html#macppc) and it simply says I
> should use an USB NIC.
>
> Is there some progress on the bm driver or is it just something to be
> dropped in the near future? Is there any clear understanding of the
> problem or the driver is just broken and no one is currently working
> on it?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Miguel

[Miguel-69]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Otto Moerbeek<otto@...> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:59:51PM +0100, Miguel wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was trying to setup OpenBSD on an old iMac and not everything went
>
> a dmesg, my kingdom for a dmesg! (hint: therte are many different
> macppcs that all share the name iMac)

You're right, I should have attached it to my previous email.
Unfortunately, i can not do it now as I am not near the computer. I'll
do that later.

Anyway, from the FAQ text, I understand this is a general problem with
the device driver, right?

>> OK. For example, the bm networkd adapter is not working properly:
>> everything seems to be fine but shortly after the interface is
>> running, it just hangs (timeout warnings start to be sent to the
>> console). I've read the FAQ
>> (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq12.html#macppc) and it simply says I
>> should use an USB NIC.
>>
>> Is there some progress on the bm driver or is it just something to be
>> dropped in the near future? Is there any clear understanding of the
>> problem or the driver is just broken and no one is currently working
>> on it?
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Miguel

[Miguel-69]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Otto Moerbeek<otto@...> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:59:51PM +0100, Miguel wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was trying to setup OpenBSD on an old iMac and not everything went
>
> a dmesg, my kingdom for a dmesg! (hint: therte are many different
> macppcs that all share the name iMac)

Ok, so here it is the dmesg.  Hope it helps.

[ using 438860 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ]
console out [ATY,RagePro_C]console in [keyboard] USB and ADB found, using ADB
: memaddr 81000000 size 1000000, : consaddr 81000000, : ioaddr
80881000, size 1000: memtag 9000, iotag 9000: width 1024 linebytes
1024 height 768 depth 8
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
        The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-2009 OpenBSD. All rights reserved.  http://www.OpenBSD.org

OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC) #82: Mon Aug 10 19:45:23 MDT 2009
    deraadt@...:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC
real mem = 167772160 (160MB)
avail mem = 151318528 (144MB)
mainbus0 at root: model iMac,1
cpu0 at mainbus0: 750 (Revision 0x202): 333 MHz: 512KB backside cache
mem0 at mainbus0
mpcpcibr0 at mainbus0 pci: grackle, Revision 0x40
pci0 at mpcpcibr0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Motorola MPC106 PCI" rev 0x40
macobio0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "Apple Paddington" rev 0x00
macintr0 at macobio0 offset 0x10
mesh0 at macobio0 offset 0x10000 irq 12: 50MHz
scsibus0 at mesh0: 8 targets, initiator 7
"escc-legacy" at macobio0 offset 0x12000 not configured
zsc0 at macobio0 offset 0x13000: irq 15,16
zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0
zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1
awacs0 at macobio0 offset 0x14000: irq 17,8,9 speaker
audio0 at awacs0
"fdc" at macobio0 offset 0x15000 not configured
adb0 at macobio0 offset 0x16000 irq 18: via-cuda, 0 targets
piic0 at adb0
iic0 at piic0
wdc0 at macobio0 offset 0x20000 irq 13: DMA
wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <QUANTUM FIREBALL CR6.4A>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 6149MB, 12594960 sectors
wd0(wdc0:0:0): using BIOS timings, DMA mode 2
wdc1 at macobio0 offset 0x21000 irq 14: DMA
atapiscsi0 at wdc1 channel 0 drive 0
scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <MATSHITA, CD-ROM CR-175, 5ADF> ATAPI
5/cdrom removable
cd0(wdc1:0:0): using BIOS timings, DMA mode 2
bm0 at macobio0 offset 0x11000 irq 42,33: address 00:50:e4:c0:f4:2a
lxtphy0 at bm0 phy 0: LXT970 10/100 PHY, rev. 1
"nvram" at macobio0 offset 0x60000 not configured
vgafb0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "ATI Mach64" rev 0x5c, mmio
wsdisplay0 at vgafb0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation)
ohci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Opti 82C861" rev 0x10: irq 28,
version 1.0, legacy support
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0 "Opti OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
uhub1 at uhub0 port 2 "NEC hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 2
uhidev0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Alps Electric
M2452" rev 1.00/1.01 addr 3
uhidev0: iclass 3/1
ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes, country code 13
wskbd0 at ukbd0 mux 1
wskbd0: connecting to wsdisplay0
uhidev1 at uhub1 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech M4848"
rev 1.00/5.00 addr 4
uhidev1: iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev1: 1 button
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
softraid0 at root
bootpath: /pci/mac-io/ide@20000/disk@0:/bsd
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b