3. Known Bugs and Patches

For an up-to-date list of known bugs in the NetBSD/mac68k distribution, look at: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.3/BUGS

3.1 ADB

• Many 3-button mice are still unsupported in the kernel

3.2 Ethernet

• Not all 8390 and SONIC-based cards are supported yet

3.3 Serial

• Occasional fifo/ring buffer overruns still possible

3.4 PRAM

• Won't write correct time, but given how NetBSD/mac68k loses time, we probably don't want it to.

3.5 Kernel

• Should emulate FPU - FPE is almost done, most machines without an FPU will now boot (all -current kernels include FPE and the FPU-less math library will avoid the few non-emulated functions on '030-based machines)
• FPE problems with 'LC040-based machines, causes numerous seg-faults
• Loses time while actually doing anything. (this has been improved)
• vmstat statistics/kernel memory use seems high. (?)

3.6 Mac Utilities

Booter

• Massive cleanup
• Native booting (i.e. no MacOS) ?
• Booter versions later than 1.9.4 and earlier than 1.10.3 seem to not work on the IIvx, should be fixed in 1.10.3 and later

Installer

• Update to new filesystems
• "fstat: file not found" error (ignore it if you see it; it's harmless)
• 1.1 versions of the Installer may crash on FPU-less Macs, use 1.1d or later
• Installs use local timezone instead of GMT for updates. Fixed in 1.1e or later.
• Build Devices only creates 4 ptys by default. Fixed in 1.1e or later.
• Paging in the MiniShell is disabled. Fixed in 1.1f or later.
• Extra ptys created incorrectly, fixed in 1.1f or later.

Mkfs -> Newfs

• Ignore SCSIError#5 messages
• Rename to Newfs (need to add in level 2 ffs support first)
• Merge in with Installer

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