[SPARCbook] RE:NetBSD-1.5 and SB3

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Julian Coleman wrote:

> > NetBSD 1.5 (GENERIC) #1: Wed Nov 29 00:29:52 MET 2000
> 	...
> > p9000 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0x100000 level 2 not configured
> 
> Hmm, Sparcbook 3, as in not 3GX/XP/etc.  It appears to have P9000-based
> video hardware but the driver only looks for P9100-based video.  As the
> driver doesn't do much with the video hardware, it could be that changing
> the probe routine to match both P9000 and P9100 would `just work'.  But
> it might not.  Do you have the ability to compile your own kernel?

Yes, I do.  Someone else recommended that I recompile the kernel with the
TADPOLE3GX config.  It's next on my list of things to try.


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