Re: Sonnet Crescendo G3 & YDL 2.1


Subject: Re: Sonnet Crescendo G3 & YDL 2.1
From: Drew Lane (drewlane@qwest.net)
Date: Sun Feb 10 2002 - 13:44:53 MST


Thanks for the info, but I believe I've already tried everything
mentioned here.

Does anyone actually have this working on there system?

I've seen some posts of people getting this to work, but nothing with a
recent kernel.

Thanks,

Drew

Åke Svensson wrote:

>Hi Drew!
>
>Found this in the archive from Tim Seufert:
>"Upgrades for the 7500 should generally be fine.
>
>One thing you have to watch for is whether your L2 cache is getting
>enabled. The computers which shipped with a G3 enable the cache
>before any OS starts booting, but the firmware in older upgraded
>machines doesn't know the G3's backside L2 even exists.
>
>If you use BootX to boot Linux, and the G3 upgrade extension loads
>before the BootX extension does, you're good to go. Otherwise, you
>need to boot into MacOS and use a utility supplied with BootX to grab
>the correct G3 cache setting so that BootX can enable it before
>loading Linux.
>
>If you use quik, I don't know what the preferred method is, but there
>is a kernel command line option to set L2CR (the L2 cache control
>register in the G3). Just supply "l2cr=VALUE" where VALUE is
>whatever the G3 utility you use does in MacOS."
>
>Hope it might help you!
>
>Regards,
>
>Ake Svensson
>
>
>>Från: Drew Lane <drewlane@virtualviews.com>
>>Svara till: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>Datum: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:21:37 -0700
>>Till: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>Ämne: Sonnet Crescendo G3 & YDL 2.1
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Just wondering if anyone has been successful
>>at using YDL 2.1 and the Sonnet Crescendo
>>G3 L2 upgrade card?
>>
>>I have tried all sorts of "tricks" but nothing
>>seems to work and Linux always fails to boot
>>when I have the Sonnet extension active.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Drew
>>
>>
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>>
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