DAC 960 Tools

Chris Martin outsidefactor at iinet.net.au
Fri Mar 12 13:30:30 PST 2004


So I take it that the Kernel time fix was never committed? I am just
wondering, as I was planning to give it another go and I won't bother even
getting the ISO and installing if I am just setting myself up for more
disappointment.

cm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilko Bulte" <wkb at freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: "Chris Martin" <outsidefactor at iinet.net.au>
Cc: <freebsd-alpha at freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: DAC 960 Tools


> On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 12:59:10AM +1100, Chris Martin wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > After that I whacked a Tru64 5.1 CD in the drive and booted fine and
> > installed the OS. I now have a happy machine. Oh, why Tru64, you ask?
Well,
> > last time I installed FreeBSD time was an issue... That is all seemed
fine,
> > but the clock ran twice as fast. I hunted for a solution and then found
that
> > the Kernel code needed patching for a 2100, and never could get the
kernel
> > to compile after I hacked in the patch. Don't know if 5.2.1 has the same
> > issue. Anyone know?
>
> Well, just that the guy who did the AS2100[a] support for FreeBSD does not
> want to be reminded that he ever did :)  These machines are quite weird
> on the hardware side of things unfortunately.
>
> --
> Wilko Bulte wilko at FreeBSD.org
>



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