The patch crudely forces the NIC out of operating mode before the nve(4)
driver can initialize it; this is required to properly initialize the NIC.
It is XBox-specific, as this condition can only occur on XBoxes (Most loaders
will simply leave the NIC running, forcing us to use a crude workaround like
this to get it in a workable condition). Due to the XBox-only aspect, this has
been solved in XBox-specific initialization code and not within nve(4).
Reviewed by: imp
Approved by: imp (mentor)
No objection: bz@, obrien@, q@ontheweb.com.au
nearly identical to wintel/ia32, with a couple of tweaks. Since it is
so similar to ia32, it is optionally added to a i386 kernel. This
port is preliminary, but seems to work well. Further improvements
will improve the interaction with syscons(4), port Linux nforce driver
and future versions of the xbox.
This supports the 64MB and 128MB boxes. You'll need the most recent
CVS version of Cromwell (the Linux BIOS for the XBOX) to boot.
Rink will be maintaining this port, and is interested in feedback.
He's setup a website http://xbox-bsd.nl to report the latest
developments.
Any silly mistakes are my fault.
Submitted by: Rink P.W. Springer rink at stack dot nl and
Ed Schouten ed at fxq dot nl
