y0,
On Thursday 07 December 2000 16:23, you wrote:
> Linux on Mac 68k is pretty hit or miss last I heard. Some models work,
> some are missing vital drivers, and then there's the FPU thing. There's
> a working 030 FPU emulator, but apparently none for those damn LC040's.
I wasn't aware that there was any working FPU emulation for the 68030 based
machines. The issues with the 68LC040 are unique, though. The first 68LC040s
were generally fine (but FPU-less), but there were apparently some bugs to
fix. A new mask was created, which fixed some bugs, but it *broke* the CPU
such that the vector which would receive requests for FPU action no longer
worked at all. This means that if you have one of the 'broken' 68LC040s, you
can't even run FPU emulation - under MacOS or Linux / BSD.
If SoftFPU won't run, the chip is in the broken category. Motorola didn't
exactly acknowledge this 'fix' for some time. Now it's just ancient history.
>Linux PPC is much better supported. Take a look: www.linuxppc.org
But I don't _have_ a PPC Mac anymore! I decided that I wanted the $250.00
more, so it's now with my room mate's mom.
--
Bill Layer
Sales Technician
<b.layer at vikingelectronics.com>