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Re: Building on the z50

2009-10-08T06:48:19Z

If you have working network, create an openvpn tunnel to your trusted machine and use distcc with a cross-compiler.
You get the cross-compiler from the bsd-kernel build environment,
for openvpn follow standard procedure,
distcc setup is explained in the docs.

I found this setup best, because it keeps the build environment on the mipsel target machine, thus dependencies and system checks work as expected. Just time consuming compile is being offloaded to another work horse.
Works like a charme for pkgsrc and other packages and for me resulted in usable vs. unbearable.
HTH, js

2009/10/7 Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>

Hey all.

I use my z50 as a portable development machine. It works great.
Awesome keyboard, excellent battery life, etc.

One thing though; the drive access times to the CF card are painful,
due to PIO access times.

Does anyone have any configuration suggestions wrt this? I was
thinking that a 5 or 10 meg ramdisk would be great; have gcc put its
build files out there, or possibly have the source files copied out
there, then just refreshed back to the CF every so often. (whatever)

Anyone have suggestions on how to get a ramdisk/partition to be configured?

I tried to do it a few months back, with no good results.

-s

--
Scott Lawrence
yorgle@...

Re: Building on the z50

2009-10-07T12:09:35Z

Excellent. I will try these suggestions!

Thanks!

-s

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:01 PM, <jscottkasten@...> wrote:

> Most of the NetBSD release kernels have softdep added to the build config, so it is only necessary to turn it on in the run time. Just add the magic to the /etc/fstab like so:
>
> http://www.netbsd.org/docs/misc/#softdeps
>
> While you're in there, you might also check to make sure you have the noatime and nodevmtime options enabled as well. This combination of things will ensure the minimum number of writes to the storage for general use.
>
> You mentioned compiling stuff. You could also try adding "-pipe" to CFLAGS when you run configure for your package. This will reduce the compiler's reliance on temporary files at the expense of needing more system memory to run. This may be less painful, and more efficient than making /tmp a memory based file system.
>
> All this stuff together will probably give you that 15 - 20% advantage you're looking for.
>
> -S-
>
> --- On Wed, 10/7/09, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...> wrote:
>
>> From: Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
>> Subject: Re: Building on the z50
>> To: jscottkasten@...
>> Cc: "hpcmips NetBSD mailing list" <port-hpcmips@...>
>> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 11:46 AM
>> How do I do this? I'm not
>> building my own kernel or anything; just
>> using downloaded stuff from the main distribution
>>
>> -s
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM, <jscottkasten@...>
>> wrote:
>> > Have you tried enabling softdep? That is probably
>> the one single largest improvement you can make. It may
>> ultimately make you flash live a bit longer too.
>> >
>> > -S-
>> >
>> > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
>> >> Subject: Building on the z50
>> >> To: "hpcmips NetBSD mailing list" <port-hpcmips@...>
>> >> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 7:17 AM
>> >> Hey all.
>> >>
>> >> I use my z50 as a portable development machine.
>> It
>> >> works great.
>> >> Awesome keyboard, excellent battery life, etc.
>> >>
>> >> One thing though; the drive access times to the CF
>> card are
>> >> painful,
>> >> due to PIO access times.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone have any configuration suggestions
>> wrt
>> >> this? I was
>> >> thinking that a 5 or 10 meg ramdisk would be
>> great; have
>> >> gcc put its
>> >> build files out there, or possibly have the source
>> files
>> >> copied out
>> >> there, then just refreshed back to the CF every so
>> often.
>> >> (whatever)
>> >>
>> >> Anyone have suggestions on how to get a
>> ramdisk/partition
>> >> to be configured?
>> >>
>> >> I tried to do it a few months back, with no good
>> results.
>> >>
>> >> -s
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Scott Lawrence
>> >> yorgle@...
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott Lawrence
>> yorgle@...
>>
>

--
Scott Lawrence
yorgle@...

Re: Building on the z50

2009-10-07T12:01:45Z

Most of the NetBSD release kernels have softdep added to the build config, so it is only necessary to turn it on in the run time. Just add the magic to the /etc/fstab like so:

http://www.netbsd.org/docs/misc/#softdeps

While you're in there, you might also check to make sure you have the noatime and nodevmtime options enabled as well. This combination of things will ensure the minimum number of writes to the storage for general use.

You mentioned compiling stuff. You could also try adding "-pipe" to CFLAGS when you run configure for your package. This will reduce the compiler's reliance on temporary files at the expense of needing more system memory to run. This may be less painful, and more efficient than making /tmp a memory based file system.

All this stuff together will probably give you that 15 - 20% advantage you're looking for.

-S-

--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...> wrote:

> From: Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
> Subject: Re: Building on the z50
> To: jscottkasten@...
> Cc: "hpcmips NetBSD mailing list" <port-hpcmips@...>
> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 11:46 AM
> How do I do this? I'm not
> building my own kernel or anything; just
> using downloaded stuff from the main distribution
>
> -s
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM, <jscottkasten@...>
> wrote:
> > Have you tried enabling softdep? That is probably
> the one single largest improvement you can make. It may
> ultimately make you flash live a bit longer too.
> >
> > -S-
> >
> > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
> >> Subject: Building on the z50
> >> To: "hpcmips NetBSD mailing list" <port-hpcmips@...>
> >> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 7:17 AM
> >> Hey all.
> >>
> >> I use my z50 as a portable development machine.
> It
> >> works great.
> >> Awesome keyboard, excellent battery life, etc.
> >>
> >> One thing though; the drive access times to the CF
> card are
> >> painful,
> >> due to PIO access times.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any configuration suggestions
> wrt
> >> this? I was
> >> thinking that a 5 or 10 meg ramdisk would be
> great; have
> >> gcc put its
> >> build files out there, or possibly have the source
> files
> >> copied out
> >> there, then just refreshed back to the CF every so
> often.
> >> (whatever)
> >>
> >> Anyone have suggestions on how to get a
> ramdisk/partition
> >> to be configured?
> >>
> >> I tried to do it a few months back, with no good
> results.
> >>
> >> -s
> >>
> >> --
> >> Scott Lawrence
> >> yorgle@...
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Scott Lawrence
> yorgle@...
>

Re: Building on the z50

2009-10-07T11:46:20Z

How do I do this? I'm not building my own kernel or anything; just
using downloaded stuff from the main distribution

-s

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM, <jscottkasten@...> wrote:

> Have you tried enabling softdep? That is probably the one single largest improvement you can make. It may ultimately make you flash live a bit longer too.
>
> -S-
>
> --- On Wed, 10/7/09, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...> wrote:
>
>> From: Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
>> Subject: Building on the z50
>> To: "hpcmips NetBSD mailing list" <port-hpcmips@...>
>> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 7:17 AM
>> Hey all.
>>
>> I use my z50 as a portable development machine. It
>> works great.
>> Awesome keyboard, excellent battery life, etc.
>>
>> One thing though; the drive access times to the CF card are
>> painful,
>> due to PIO access times.
>>
>> Does anyone have any configuration suggestions wrt
>> this? I was
>> thinking that a 5 or 10 meg ramdisk would be great; have
>> gcc put its
>> build files out there, or possibly have the source files
>> copied out
>> there, then just refreshed back to the CF every so often.
>> (whatever)
>>
>> Anyone have suggestions on how to get a ramdisk/partition
>> to be configured?
>>
>> I tried to do it a few months back, with no good results.
>>
>> -s
>>
>> --
>> Scott Lawrence
>> yorgle@...
>>
>

--
Scott Lawrence
yorgle@...

Re: Building on the z50

2009-10-07T11:45:21Z

Have you tried enabling softdep? That is probably the one single largest improvement you can make. It may ultimately make you flash live a bit longer too.

-S-

--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...> wrote:

> From: Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
> Subject: Building on the z50
> To: "hpcmips NetBSD mailing list" <port-hpcmips@...>
> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 7:17 AM
> Hey all.
>
> I use my z50 as a portable development machine. It
> works great.
> Awesome keyboard, excellent battery life, etc.
>
> One thing though; the drive access times to the CF card are
> painful,
> due to PIO access times.
>
> Does anyone have any configuration suggestions wrt
> this? I was
> thinking that a 5 or 10 meg ramdisk would be great; have
> gcc put its
> build files out there, or possibly have the source files
> copied out
> there, then just refreshed back to the CF every so often.
> (whatever)
>
> Anyone have suggestions on how to get a ramdisk/partition
> to be configured?
>
> I tried to do it a few months back, with no good results.
>
> -s
>
> --
> Scott Lawrence
> yorgle@...
>

Building on the z50

2009-10-07T07:17:29Z

Hey all.

I use my z50 as a portable development machine. It works great.
Awesome keyboard, excellent battery life, etc.

One thing though; the drive access times to the CF card are painful,
due to PIO access times.

Does anyone have any configuration suggestions wrt this? I was
thinking that a 5 or 10 meg ramdisk would be great; have gcc put its
build files out there, or possibly have the source files copied out
there, then just refreshed back to the CF every so often. (whatever)

Anyone have suggestions on how to get a ramdisk/partition to be configured?

I tried to do it a few months back, with no good results.

-s

--
Scott Lawrence
yorgle@...

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5.0 mipsel 2009Q1 packages binary

2009-09-08T08:31:03Z

I wrote:

> My RaQ2 has been working on 2009Q1 pkgsrc binary build since
> 5.0 release date and it's still in progress at ~82% (6548/7962),
> but I've uploaded binaries built till last week:
>
> ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/mipsel/5.0_2009Q1/

Now bulkbuild on RaQ2 is complete and I've put binaries again:
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/mipsel/5.0_2009Q1/

Note editors/emacs (emacs-22.3nb1) in pkgsrc-2009Q1 is broken on mips,
so I've also built patched packages separately for popular demand:
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/mipsel/emacs-22.3nb1.tgz
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/mipsel/emacs-nox11-22.3nb1.tgz

> To use binaries, set or enable PKG_PATH environment,
> which is commented out in /root/.cshrc
>
> #setenv PKG_PATH "ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/`uname -m`/5.0/All"
>
> or /root/.profile
>
> #export PKG_PATH="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -m)/5.0/All"
>
> (note there are appropriate symlinks for version and port strings)
> and just type
> # pkg_add tcsh
> # pkg_add perl
> etc.
>
> Note 5.0 binaries should work fine on 5.0.1.
> pkg_add(1) command might warn about version mismatch,
> but generally it's harmless if running system is newer
> than package's version.
>
> See the pkgsrc guide for more details:
> http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/using.html#using-pkg
> (sorry no openoffice2 binary for mips)

---
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Re: CF to SD adapters

2009-08-24T06:36:44Z

I for one would be interested to know if this SD-CF unit works well under NetBSD. High capacity SD is much easier to find, and usually cheaper than high capacity CF.

The pervasiveness of SD slots on newer devices does make this a win-win solution as there is no need to carry around an extra module just to move files between devices.

-S-

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Andy Ruhl <acruhl@...> wrote:

> From: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@...>
> Subject: Re: CF to SD adapters
> To: "Scott Lawrence" <yorgle@...>
> Cc: "hpcmips NetBSD mailing list" <port-hpcmips@...>
> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 7:31 AM
> On Fri, Aug 21,
> 2009 at 6:55 AM, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
> wrote:
>
> Have any of you tried out adapters like this:
>
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/PhotoFast-CR-7000-SDHC-Type-Adapter/dp/B0015EXX5E
>
>
>
> I'm wondering if it would work to get one of these, and
> use it in my
>
> z50; to get BSD to boot off of it.
>
>
>
> Certainly would be much easier than using my CF card reader
> to move
>
> files around (which is a 2.5" USB-IDE drive carrier
> with a 2.5"-CF
>
> adapter in it. ugh)
>
> It says it's CF type II so it should work, but I've
> never used one.
>
> Seems like it would be cheaper and easier to get a cheapie
> USB CF card reader?
>
> Andy
>
>
>

Re: CF to SD adapters

2009-08-21T07:31:24Z

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...> wrote:

Have any of you tried out adapters like this:

http://www.amazon.com/PhotoFast-CR-7000-SDHC-Type-Adapter/dp/B0015EXX5E

I'm wondering if it would work to get one of these, and use it in my
z50; to get BSD to boot off of it.

Certainly would be much easier than using my CF card reader to move
files around (which is a 2.5" USB-IDE drive carrier with a 2.5"-CF
adapter in it. ugh)

It says it's CF type II so it should work, but I've never used one.

Seems like it would be cheaper and easier to get a cheapie USB CF card reader?

Andy

CF to SD adapters

2009-08-21T06:55:08Z

Have any of you tried out adapters like this:

http://www.amazon.com/PhotoFast-CR-7000-SDHC-Type-Adapter/dp/B0015EXX5E

I'm wondering if it would work to get one of these, and use it in my
z50; to get BSD to boot off of it.

Certainly would be much easier than using my CF card reader to move
files around (which is a 2.5" USB-IDE drive carrier with a 2.5"-CF
adapter in it. ugh)

-s
--
Scott Lawrence
yorgle@...

Installing Netbsd 5.0.1 onto an IBM z50 workpad mini laptop -- Part 1 of 5

2009-08-12T23:00:47Z

I just made some detailed videos for installing NetBSD on my IBM z50, enjoy.. :)

Installing Netbsd 5.0.1 onto an IBM z50 workpad mini laptop -- Part 1 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6lCj20_Xo4

The other 5 install video parts are listed in my other posted videos.

Thanks,
Fabian.

Re: z50 keeps halting [freezing] after about 45 seconds installer runtime

2009-08-09T20:32:07Z

Never mind on the install freeze issue.

Turns out I finally saw what this was about. My z50 battery was going
from low-to-critical, to-forced-suspend within the BSD power
management functions and this was cutting out all CF and wireless
resources spontaneously. Without the battery connected I am still
having these problems.. I think this unit requires a working battery
or the NetBSD APC thinks it's running out of juice.

This would happen to me about 45 seconds after launching any install
kernel except 1.5. I suspect the 1.5 install kernal does not have an
APC module because that one went through without stopping. Even 1.6.2
was failing..

Thanks,
F.

z50 keeps halting [freezing] after about 45 seconds installer runtime

2009-08-09T17:48:37Z

Hello,

I recently was trying to install NetBSD for hpcmips 5.0.1 onto my z50.
I notice that the 5.0.1 install kernal will freeze randomly [also
tried 4.0.1 and 3.0.2 ] within the install proccess while selcting
menu options or anything in between. I don't have this problem with
the 1.5.x install kernal.

Could someone try loading this install kernal with pbsdboot and seeing
if you also have this freezing problem? [need to go through the enitre
install to make sure]

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.0/hpcmips/installation/netbsd.gz

Also, if I launch the installer kernal and let it sit at any install
menu [or even try to
run through the install quickly].. my z50 keeps halting [freezing]
after about 45 seconds of runtime.

Thanks,
Fabian

FIX (port-hpcmips/41164: CF card does not attach until very late,resulting in no root device)

2009-08-05T07:37:59Z

Hello,

I've commited patch about pcic kthread creation timing(kern/41791).

Discussion:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2008/07/15/msg003526.html

PR:
http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=41791

This fixed port-hpcmips/41164 problem also.
http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=41164

and I've put the fixed kernel on ftp.netbsd.org.

Current:5.99.15
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/hpcmips/netbsd-pcic.gz

5.0R
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/hpcmips/netbsd5-pcic.gz

please try and report to me!
---
jun ebihara / jun@...

Re: Gdium: dmesg output

2009-07-30T17:49:36Z

On Jul 30, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Andy Ruhl wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Matt Thomas<matt@...>
> wrote:
>> Linux version 2.6.24.5-gdiumv3-2.3mnb (rtp@...)
>> (gcc
>> version 4
>
> Ahh, that appears to be a Linux dmesg :) (sorry, had to say it, heh).
>
> Is there enough knowledge about the framebuffer to at least try and
> build a kernel and then boot it?
>
> I think I saw some talk that there isn't another way to get a
> console on it.

Yes there is. I realized the pmon sources have the details we need to
get to get a kernel booting on it. But first I build git ....

Re: Gdium: dmesg output

2009-07-30T17:26:10Z

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Matt Thomas<matt@...> wrote:
> Linux version 2.6.24.5-gdiumv3-2.3mnb (rtp@...) (gcc
> version 4

Ahh, that appears to be a Linux dmesg :) (sorry, had to say it, heh).

Is there enough knowledge about the framebuffer to at least try and
build a kernel and then boot it?

I think I saw some talk that there isn't another way to get a console on it.

Andy

Gdium: dmesg output

2009-07-30T16:14:06Z

Linux version 2.6.24.5-gdiumv3-2.3mnb (rtp@...) (gcc
version 4
.2.3 (4.2.3-6.1mnb1)) #1 Mon Mar 2 14:24:01 EST 2009
busclock=66000000, cpuclock=891960000,memsize=256,highmemsize=256
console [early0] enabled
CPU revision is: 00006303 (ICT Loongson-2)
FPU revision is: 00000501
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 0000000010000000 @ 0000000000000000 (usable)
memory: 0000000010000000 @ 0000000090000000 (usable)
Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 16384) 0 entries of 256 used
Entering add_active_range(0, 147456, 163840) 1 entries of 256 used
Initial ramdisk at: 0x9800000004000000 (3349814 bytes)
Zone PFN ranges:
Normal 0 -> 163840
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
0: 0 -> 16384
0: 147456 -> 163840
On node 0 totalpages: 32768
Normal zone: 560 pages used for memmap
Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
Normal zone: 32208 pages, LIFO batch:7
Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages:
32208
Kernel command line: console=tty1 root=LABEL=mips video=sm501fb:
1024x600@60 init
=/sbin/finit-mdv rd_start=0x84000000 rd_size=0x331d36
Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, direct mapped, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 64kB, 4-way, VIPT, no aliases, linesize 32 bytes
Unified secondary cache 512kB 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Synthesized clear page handler (13 instructions).
Synthesized copy page handler (22 instructions).
Synthesized TLB refill handler (37 instructions).
Synthesized TLB load handler fastpath (49 instructions).
Synthesized TLB store handler fastpath (49 instructions).
Synthesized TLB modify handler fastpath (48 instructions).
PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 16384 bytes)
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
console handover: boot [early0] -> real [tty1]
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 5, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 4, 262144 bytes)
Memory: 445328k/524288k available (3168k kernel code, 78608k reserved,
896k data
, 208k init, 0k highmem)
Calibrating delay loop... 598.60 BogoMIPS (lpj=291840)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024
Checking for the multiply/shift bug... no.
Checking for the daddi bug... no.
Checking for the daddiu bug... no.
net_namespace: 120 bytes
NET: Registered protocol family 16
registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
SCSI subsystem initialized
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
PCI: Failed to allocate mem resource #0:80000000@80000000 for
0000:00:00.0
Time: MIPS clocksource has been installed.
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 1, 32768 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 262144 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 3, 131072 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 3271k freed
ls2f_freq_cpu_init: Loongson 2F @ 891960 kHz (min 222990 max 891960)
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order 0, 16384 bytes)
io scheduler noop registered (default)
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 2 ports, IRQ sharing
disabled
RAMDISK driver initialized: 2 RAM disks of 32768K size 1024 blocksize
sm501 0000:00:0e.0: SM501 At 9000000051800000: Version 050100c0, 8 Mb,
IRQ 36
sm501 0000:00:0e.0: SM502 is detected.
sm501-fb[0] flags 00000200: 0000000051880000..000000005188ffff
sm501-fb[1] flags 00000200: 0000000051900000..000000005194ffff
sm501-fb[2] flags 00000200: 0000000050000000..000000005077ffff
sm501-fb[3] irq 36
sm501-fb sm501-fb.144: fb sm501fb-crt disabled at start
sm501-fb sm501-fb.144: fb sm501fb-panel enabled at start
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
sm501-usb[0] flags 00000200: 0000000051840000..000000005185ffff
sm501-usb[1] flags 00000200: 0000000050780000..00000000507fffff
sm501-usb[2] irq 36
sm501-audio[0] flags 00000200: 00000000518a0000..00000000518affff
sm501-audio[1] irq 36
sm501-uart[0] flags 00000200: 0000000051830000..000000005183ffff
sm501-uart[1] irq 36
sm501-pwm[0] flags 00000200: 0000000051810020..000000005181002b
sm501-pwm[1] irq 36
sm501-pwm sm501-pwm.144: SM501 PWM Found at 51810020 irq 36
sm501-gpio[0] flags 00000200: 0000000051810000..000000005181001f
sm501-gpio[1] flags 00000000: 0000000000000000..0000000000000000
sm501-gpio[2] flags 00000000: 0000000000000000..0000000000000000
sm501-gpio[3] flags 00000000: 0000000000000000..0000000000000000
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x9000000051a2a100, 00:d0:35:10:05:e4, IRQ 39
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0f.1: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0f.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0f.1: irq 37, io mem 0x51a2a000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0f.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
ehci_hcd 0000:00:11.1: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:11.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:11.1: irq 38, io mem 0x51a2a200
ehci_hcd 0000:00:11.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0f.0 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0f.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0f.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0f.0: irq 37, io mem 0x51a28000
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:11.0 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:11.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:11.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
ohci_hcd 0000:00:11.0: irq 38, io mem 0x51a29000
usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
oprofile: using timer interrupt.
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
vga:start=50000000,end=50ffffff
Freeing unused kernel memory: 208k freed
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
ioctl32(splashy:262): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(00004700){t:'G';sz:0}
arg(2c12f420)
on /dev/fb0
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Cypress Semiconductor CY4636 LP RDK Bridge as /class/input/input0
input: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Cypress Semiconductor CY4636 LP RDK
Bridge] on us
b-0000:00:0f.0-2
input: Cypress Semiconductor CY4636 LP RDK Bridge as /class/input/input1
input,hiddev96: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Cypress Semiconductor CY4636 LP
RDK Bridge]
on usb-0000:00:0f.0-2
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB DISK 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0
ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 31277056 512-byte hardware sectors (16014 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 31277056 512-byte hardware sectors (16014 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic- Multi-Card 1.00 PQ: 0
ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
usb-storage: device scan complete
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
gpiochip_find_base: found new base at 224
gpiochip_find_base: found new base at 192
sm501-gpio sm501-gpio.144: registered gpio
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0d.0 (0000 -> 0002)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0d.0 to 64
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
Registered led device: rt61pci-phy0:radio
Registered led device: rt61pci-phy0:assoc
ASoC version 0.13.2
soc-audio soc-audio: SM501 AC97 Found
AC97 SoC Audio Codec 0.6
asoc: AC97 HiFi <-> sm501-audio mapping ok
soc-audio soc-audio: sm501_read_codec failed: addr=7e sram=4760
i2c-gpio i2c-gpio.0: using pins 237 (SDA) and 230 (SCL)
i2c-gpio i2c-gpio.1: using pins 234 (SDA) and 233 (SCL)
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 UVC 1.3M WebCam (064e:a118)
input: USB 2.0 UVC 1.3M WebCam as /class/input/input2
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (SVN r205)
lm75 0-0048: hwmon0: sensor 'lm75'
rtc-m41t80 0-0068: chip found, driver version 0.05
rtc-m41t80 0-0068: rtc core: registered m41t83 as rtc0
input: gdium-keys as /class/input/input3
power_supply gdium-battery: uevent
power_supply gdium-battery: No power supply yet
power_supply gdium-battery: power_supply_changed
power_supply gdium-battery: power_supply_changed_work
power_supply gdium-battery: power_supply_update_bat_leds 2
power_supply gdium-battery: uevent
power_supply gdium-battery: POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=gdium-battery
power_supply gdium-battery: Static prop TYPE=Battery
power_supply gdium-battery: 7 dynamic props
power_supply gdium-battery: prop STATUS=Discharging
power_supply gdium-battery: prop PRESENT=0
power_supply gdium-battery: prop VOLTAGE_MIN=7000000
power_supply gdium-battery: prop VOLTAGE_NOW=0
power_supply gdium-battery: prop VOLTAGE_MAX=7950000
power_supply gdium-battery: prop CAPACITY=0
power_supply gdium-battery: prop CAPACITY_LEVEL=Low
power_supply gdium-ac: uevent
power_supply gdium-ac: No power supply yet
power_supply gdium-ac: power_supply_changed
power_supply gdium-ac: power_supply_changed_work
power_supply gdium-ac: power_supply_update_gen_leds 0
power_supply gdium-ac: uevent
power_supply gdium-ac: POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=gdium-ac
power_supply gdium-ac: Static prop TYPE=Mains
power_supply gdium-ac: 1 dynamic props
power_supply gdium-ac: prop ONLINE=0
gdium-laptop 0-0040: Found firmware 0x16
Adding 1024992k swap on /dev/sda4. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:
1024992k
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1
fuse init (API version 7.9)
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.9
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8

Gdium: scanpci -v output

2009-07-30T16:13:43Z

pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x104a device 0x0000
STMicroelectronics Device unknown
STATUS 0x02b0 COMMAND 0x0046
CLASS 0x0b 0x30 0x00 REVISION 0x01
BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x00 CACHE 0xff
BASE0 0x000000008000000c addr 0x0000000080000000 MEM
PREFETCHABLE 64BIT
BASE2 0x000000005100000c addr 0x0000000051000000 MEM
PREFETCHABLE 64BIT
BASE4 0x00000007 addr 0x00000004 I/O
MAX_LAT 0x40 MIN_GNT 0x40 INT_PIN 0x00 INT_LINE 0x00

pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0d function 0x00: vendor 0x1814 device 0x0301
RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
CardVendor 0x1814 card 0x2561 (RaLink EW-7108PCg)
STATUS 0x0410 COMMAND 0x0016
CLASS 0x02 0x80 0x00 REVISION 0x00
BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x40 CACHE 0x08
BASE0 0x51a20000 addr 0x51a20000 MEM
MAX_LAT 0x00 MIN_GNT 0x00 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x26
BYTE_0 0x01 BYTE_1 0x00 BYTE_2 0x02 BYTE_3 0x00

pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0e function 0x00: vendor 0x126f device 0x0501
Silicon Motion, Inc. SM501 VoyagerGX Rev. AA
CardVendor 0x0101 card 0x0101 (Card unknown)
STATUS 0x0230 COMMAND 0x0006
CLASS 0x03 0x80 0x00 REVISION 0xc0
BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x08 CACHE 0x00
BASE0 0x50000000 addr 0x50000000 MEM
BASE1 0x51800000 addr 0x51800000 MEM
MAX_LAT 0x00 MIN_GNT 0x00 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x24
BYTE_0 0x01 BYTE_1 0x00 BYTE_2 0x01 BYTE_3 0x06

pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0f function 0x00: vendor 0x1033 device 0x0035
NEC Corporation USB
STATUS 0x0210 COMMAND 0x0146
CLASS 0x0c 0x03 0x10 REVISION 0x44
BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x80 LATENCY 0x40 CACHE 0x08
BASE0 0x51a28000 addr 0x51a28000 MEM
MAX_LAT 0x2a MIN_GNT 0x01 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x25
BYTE_0 0x01 BYTE_1 0x00 BYTE_2 0x02 BYTE_3 0x7e

pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0f function 0x01: vendor 0x1033 device 0x00e0
NEC Corporation USB 2.0
STATUS 0x0210 COMMAND 0x0156
CLASS 0x0c 0x03 0x20 REVISION 0x05
BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x84 CACHE 0x08
BASE0 0x51a2a000 addr 0x51a2a000 MEM
MAX_LAT 0x22 MIN_GNT 0x10 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x25
BYTE_0 0x01 BYTE_1 0x00 BYTE_2 0x02 BYTE_3 0x7e

pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x10 function 0x00: vendor 0x10ec device 0x8139
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
STATUS 0x0290 COMMAND 0x0147
CLASS 0x02 0x00 0x00 REVISION 0x10
BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0xff CACHE 0x00
BASE0 0x00004001 addr 0x00004000 I/O
BASE1 0x51a2a100 addr 0x51a2a100 MEM
BASEROM 0x51a00001 addr 0x51a00000 decode-enabled
MAX_LAT 0x40 MIN_GNT 0x20 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x27

pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x11 function 0x00: vendor 0x1033 device 0x0035
NEC Corporation USB
STATUS 0x0210 COMMAND 0x0146
CLASS 0x0c 0x03 0x10 REVISION 0x44
BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x80 LATENCY 0x40 CACHE 0x08
BASE0 0x51a29000 addr 0x51a29000 MEM
MAX_LAT 0x2a MIN_GNT 0x01 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x26
BYTE_0 0x01 BYTE_1 0x00 BYTE_2 0x02 BYTE_3 0x7e

pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x11 function 0x01: vendor 0x1033 device 0x00e0
NEC Corporation USB 2.0
STATUS 0x0210 COMMAND 0x0156
CLASS 0x0c 0x03 0x20 REVISION 0x05
BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x84 CACHE 0x08
BASE0 0x51a2a200 addr 0x51a2a200 MEM
MAX_LAT 0x22 MIN_GNT 0x10 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x26
BYTE_0 0x01 BYTE_1 0x00 BYTE_2 0x02 BYTE_3 0x7e

Re: Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-29T09:41:49Z

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Hello,

On Jul 29, 2009, at 3:58 AM, Jonas Sundström wrote:

> Michael Lorenz <macallan@...> wrote:
> ...
>> Do we know what kind of graphics chip the
>> thing uses? Do we have documentation?
>
> SiliconMotion SM502:
> http://olph.gdium.com/wiki/doku.php/hardware:sm502
>
> General spec:
> http://olph.gdium.com/wiki/doku.php/hardware:start

Hmm, since the device ships with linux I guess we can be pretty sure
that Xorg's silicon motion driver supports this particular chip.

have fun
Michael

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Re: Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-29T06:12:08Z

Since says gdium wiki, there is a pmon git on
http://dev.lemote.com/cgit/pmon-gdium.git/.
You can get all the low level codes from the pmon-gdium tar ball.

Directories are:
pmon-gdium-1.4.0/Targets/Bonito2fdev/Bonito/start_sm502.S
and
pmon-gdium-1.4.0/fb/.

Though read the pmon code is a good start, but you definitely will get
confused ;)
Lots of experimental of this or that and never a clean up to the codes.

2009/7/29 Jonas Sundström <jonas@...>:

> Michael Lorenz <macallan@...> wrote:
> ...
>> Do we know what kind of graphics chip the
>> thing uses? Do we have documentation?
> SiliconMotion SM502:
> http://olph.gdium.com/wiki/doku.php/hardware:sm502
> General spec:
> http://olph.gdium.com/wiki/doku.php/hardware:start
> /Jonas.
>

Re: Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-29T00:58:53Z

Michael Lorenz <macallan@...> wrote:
...
> Do we know what kind of graphics chip the
> thing uses? Do we have documentation?

SiliconMotion SM502:
http://olph.gdium.com/wiki/doku.php/hardware:sm502

General spec:
http://olph.gdium.com/wiki/doku.php/hardware:start

/Jonas.

Re: Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-29T00:43:33Z

Hello,

On Jul 28, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Matt Thomas wrote:

> I've recently found an inexpensive ($350US) mips64 based netbook
> for sale: the Gdium Liberty 1000. Getting NetBSD running on it
> looks fun but it needs a framebuffer driver written for it. Given
> the lack of serial, this will be a bit challenge. I'd be satisfied
> with an unaccelerated driver (genfb) to start but eventually want
> an accelerated fb driver.
>
> If you're interested, please me let know.
>
> I don't think the 1000 has much in common with other hpcmips
> platforms but I can't think of a better place to put it.

Do we know what kind of graphics chip the thing uses? Do we have
documentation? All genfb needs is a linear framebuffer ( which all
modern chips I've ever seen provide ), an address, width & height in
pixels, stride in bytes, pixel size in bytes. If we can get that from
whatever it's running natively you can just hardcode these values to
have something to start with.
So, yeah, I'd volunteer for the kernel fb and X stuff.

have fun
Michael

Re: Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-28T18:08:49Z

On Jul 28, 2009, at 5:40 PM, mouse@... wrote:

>> I've recently found an inexpensive ($350US) mips64 based netbook for
>> sale: the Gdium Liberty 1000.
>
> I'm tempted, simply because I believe anyone making non-x86 portables
> should be rewarded. :-)
>
>> Getting NetBSD running on it looks fun but it needs a framebuffer
>> driver written for it. Given the lack of serial, this will be a bit
>> challenge.
>
> What _does_ it have? How much of the hardware is open? I'm wondering
> if we could do console-over-Ethernet or console-over-USB-serial or
> some
> such initially - or perhaps callouts to ROM code or something.

http://olph.gdium.com/wiki/doku.php/hardware:start

console over usb-serial is seriously twisted but instead I'll have
someone reword mine to have a real serial console (wiki describes
what's needed)).

> Does it come with a Windows port, or the manufacturer's own OS, or a
> Linux port, or what? I can't believe anyone is selling a machine
> without at least pointing customers at an OS to run on it.

Linux. So those sources should be a useful reference.

Re: Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-28T17:44:41Z

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Andy Ruhl<acruhl@...> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Matt Thomas<matt@...> wrote:
>>
>> I've recently found an inexpensive ($350US) mips64 based netbook for sale:
>> the Gdium Liberty 1000. Getting NetBSD running on it looks fun but it needs
>> a framebuffer driver written for it. Given the lack of serial, this will be

The framebuffer is SM512 or SM712, i'm not sure, you could use vga
console or looking for source code of siliconmotion drivers for xorg.

It should have a serial there, maybe just pin-outs, and you could get
the linux kernel branch at this link for reference:
http://www.loongson.cn/support/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6.27;a=tree;f=arch/mips/lemote/lm2f;h=fe1ebe134f60f203d741a8565657ac161694584a;hb=HEAD

>>> a bit challenge. I'd be satisfied with an unaccelerated driver (genfb) to
>>> start but eventually want an accelerated fb driver.
There are two branches on loongson site:
http://www.loongson.cn/support/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=siliconmotion/xorg;a=summary
and
http://www.loongson.cn/support/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=siliconmotion/zvport;a=summary
Please check out and see if its what you want.

>>
>> If you're interested, please me let know.
> It's very cool looking. Only 512 megs of memory which is low for a
If you need to replace the memory stick, you should look at the PMON
codes, I think the memory config is hard coded in.
This link is for 2f dev board, not the Gdium netbook, I think.
http://www.loongson.cn/support/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=pmon;a=tree;f=Targets/Bonito2fdev;h=5640b2b2a705e9f32232c53ab9c352cf53cb44d0;hb=master
you can find it in start.S under Bonito.
The PMON source on:
http://www.loongson.cn/support/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=pmon;a=tree;h=master;hb=master

> netbook, but given it's intended purpose it's probably fine (no
> Windows in site).
>> I don't think the 1000 has much in common with other hpcmips platforms but I
>> can't think of a better place to put it.
> You could always start with evbmips and then maybe start a new port
> for it if it's really that different.
> Do you have one then?
> Andy
>

Re: Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-28T17:14:52Z

On Jul 28, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Andy Ruhl wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Matt Thomas<matt@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> I've recently found an inexpensive ($350US) mips64 based netbook
>> for sale:
>> the Gdium Liberty 1000. Getting NetBSD running on it looks fun but
>> it needs
>> a framebuffer driver written for it. Given the lack of serial,
>> this will be
>> a bit challenge. I'd be satisfied with an unaccelerated driver
>> (genfb) to
>> start but eventually want an accelerated fb driver.
>>
>> If you're interested, please me let know.
>
> It's very cool looking. Only 512 megs of memory which is low for a
> netbook, but given it's intended purpose it's probably fine (no
> Windows in site).

People have upgraded it to 2GB by replace the 512MB SO-DIMM.

>> I don't think the 1000 has much in common with other hpcmips
>> platforms but I
>> can't think of a better place to put it.
>
> You could always start with evbmips and then maybe start a new port
> for it if it's really that different.
>
> Do you have one then?

I will in a few days. :)

Re: Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-28T17:08:53Z

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Matt Thomas<matt@...> wrote:
>
> I've recently found an inexpensive ($350US) mips64 based netbook for sale:
> the Gdium Liberty 1000. Getting NetBSD running on it looks fun but it needs
> a framebuffer driver written for it. Given the lack of serial, this will be
> a bit challenge. I'd be satisfied with an unaccelerated driver (genfb) to
> start but eventually want an accelerated fb driver.
>
> If you're interested, please me let know.

It's very cool looking. Only 512 megs of memory which is low for a
netbook, but given it's intended purpose it's probably fine (no
Windows in site).

> I don't think the 1000 has much in common with other hpcmips platforms but I
> can't think of a better place to put it.

You could always start with evbmips and then maybe start a new port
for it if it's really that different.

Do you have one then?

Andy

Gdium Liberty 1000

2009-07-28T16:56:12Z

I've recently found an inexpensive ($350US) mips64 based netbook for
sale: the Gdium Liberty 1000. Getting NetBSD running on it looks fun
but it needs a framebuffer driver written for it. Given the lack of
serial, this will be a bit challenge. I'd be satisfied with an
unaccelerated driver (genfb) to start but eventually want an
accelerated fb driver.

If you're interested, please me let know.

I don't think the 1000 has much in common with other hpcmips platforms
but I can't think of a better place to put it.

NetBSD 5.0 on Compaq C-Series 810

2009-06-23T09:02:53Z

I tried the NetBSD 5.0 TX3912 kernel on a Compaq C-Series 810 with 8MB system ram. Unfortunately, this release kernel has the same problem that I've seen on previous kernels. It hard hangs just after the PCMCIA probe of the flash card.

There was mention of a workaround in April 2006 of the archives by someone with a 2010c model. (Almost the twin of the 810) They were getting this same hang using a 3.x kernel. They simply popped the flash card out right after psdboot loaded the kernel, then stuck it back in.

I tried this, and the kernel does very quickly move up to a "root device:" prompt. (Faster than one can re-insert the flash card.) Unfortunately no variation of wdc0, wd0a, wd0, etc. gets me past this prompt after I re-insert the flash. It just keeps returning that prompt.

I have also noticed that it does not post any messages when I re-insert the card, so possibly it is not detecting it with late insertion.

I saw in Feb - March of 2007, someone with a 2010c had managed to get their system up, but there was no reference to which kernel, etc.

I have tried all 3.x kernels, 4.x kernels, and a few -current, etc from various release tags. Nothing seems to work on the 810 after the 2.1 release kernel.

-S-

Re: pcmcia usb card?

2009-06-11T01:14:23Z

> I thought the built-in USB was working on mobilepro? I'm wrong?

Unfortunately yes, the USB is only in the 880.

> and the quotes in your gecos are just not on.

I use Thunderbird and, in the account setting, I have: giacomo "giotti"
mariani
Is not the right way to write it? How shall I write?

Than you very much

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Re: pcmcia usb card?

2009-06-10T15:36:04Z

>>>>> "g\m" == giacomo \"giotti\" mariani <giacomo> writes:

g\m> nec mobilepro 780

I thought the built-in USB was working on mobilepro? I'm wrong?

and the quotes in your gecos are just not on.

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Re: pcmcia usb card?

2009-06-10T07:59:20Z

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:08 AM, giacomo "giotti" mariani <giacomomariani@...> wrote:

Ignoring:

> On 3/18/06, Andy Ruhl <acruhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >/ Does anyone know of a pcmcia usb card that can be used with a/
> >/ Mobilepro? I'm considering getting a Mobilepro 780 and unlike my 880,/
> >/ it does not have USB. Most of the USB cards I find are cardbus so that/
> >/ won't work./
> >
> >/ Thanks./
> >
> >/ Andy/
> >
> I had been searching for one for a while for a 16-bit PCMCIA USB
> adapter for my MobilePro 780, but it seems like, although possible,
> nobody really got around to making them because of some chipset issue.
> I can't be certain that are are *no* non-cardbus PCMCIA USB adapters,
> but I haven't heard of any. If you find one, please tell me the
> brand/model and where you found it.
>
> -Elijah
> Yes, the Ratoc CFU1U is a CF card (8-bit) and uses the slhci driver
> (SL811HS chip). The in tree driver doesn't work, but I have an updated
> version that does that I have been working on occasionally for a few years
> :/. However, if you want USB you would be much better off getting a
> system with ohci (even if you already had one without it) since the chip
> is slow and has some bugs (such as not working with low speed devices
> connected to a hub). It does not support isochronous transfers, so no
> audio. The Ratoc card is expensive, too. Cypress has a newer chip that
> would potentially be better, but the errata includes some serious issues.
>
> Matthew Orgass
> darkstar@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Some time ago I bought:
http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=300315625021
for the same reason.
It fit in my nec mobilepro 780 (so I think that it can work with it, as
explained here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardbus#CardBus about the
notch), but the OS (netbsd 3.1) does not react when I insert it or some
USB device in the adapter (no dmesg variations).
I would like to know for sure (if someone know):
-is it possible to use a cardbus with the mobilepro?
-is it possible to use it with netbsd and, if yes, in which release
where the drivers introduced?

Hello,
The MobilePro 780 does not support Cardbus (32-bit) PCMCIA cards, only 16-bit cards.

Regards,
Elijah

Re: pcmcia usb card?

2009-06-10T04:08:52Z

Ignoring:

> On 3/18/06, Andy Ruhl <acruhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >/ Does anyone know of a pcmcia usb card that can be used with a/
> >/ Mobilepro? I'm considering getting a Mobilepro 780 and unlike my 880,/
> >/ it does not have USB. Most of the USB cards I find are cardbus so that/
> >/ won't work./
> >
> >/ Thanks./
> >
> >/ Andy/
> >
> I had been searching for one for a while for a 16-bit PCMCIA USB
> adapter for my MobilePro 780, but it seems like, although possible,
> nobody really got around to making them because of some chipset issue.
> I can't be certain that are are *no* non-cardbus PCMCIA USB adapters,
> but I haven't heard of any. If you find one, please tell me the
> brand/model and where you found it.
>
> -Elijah
> Yes, the Ratoc CFU1U is a CF card (8-bit) and uses the slhci driver
> (SL811HS chip). The in tree driver doesn't work, but I have an updated
> version that does that I have been working on occasionally for a few years
> :/. However, if you want USB you would be much better off getting a
> system with ohci (even if you already had one without it) since the chip
> is slow and has some bugs (such as not working with low speed devices
> connected to a hub). It does not support isochronous transfers, so no
> audio. The Ratoc card is expensive, too. Cypress has a newer chip that
> would potentially be better, but the errata includes some serious issues.
>
> Matthew Orgass
> darkstar@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Some time ago I bought:
http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=300315625021
for the same reason.
It fit in my nec mobilepro 780 (so I think that it can work with it, as
explained here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardbus#CardBus about the
notch), but the OS (netbsd 3.1) does not react when I insert it or some
USB device in the adapter (no dmesg variations).
I would like to know for sure (if someone know):
-is it possible to use a cardbus with the mobilepro?
-is it possible to use it with netbsd and, if yes, in which release
where the drivers introduced?

Thank you very much
Giacomo

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