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$NetBSD: README.VMEbus-RAM,v 1.2 1997/11/01 19:18:39 scw Exp $
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NetBSD/mvme68k port: VMEbus RAM card configuration
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As of version 1.3, NetBSD-mvme68k (for VME147) officially supports
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additional RAM in A32 space over the VMEbus.
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This file describes where to configure your VMEbus RAM and how to
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point the kernel in the direction of it.
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The MVME147 board has a fairly primitive VMEbus controller chip. The
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mapping of cpu address to VMEbus address is hardwired and so dictates
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what can be seen where by the 68030.
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From the cpu's perspective, A24 space spans 0x00000000 to 0x00ffffff.
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However, onboard RAM also spans this space. With 8Mb of onboard RAM,
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only the top 8Mb of VMEbus A24 space can be seen. With 16Mb onboard,
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there is no easy way to get at A24 space at all!
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The cpu sees VMEbus A32 space starting from 0x01000000. The lowest
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16Mb of A32 space is not accessable (it's covered either by onboard
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RAM or A24 space). With 32Mb of onboard RAM, the cpu can address A32
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space from 0x02000000 upwards. This still leaves a considerable chunk
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of A32 space visible, so in practice isn't really a problem.
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The best place for VMEbus RAM cards is in A32 space, at the address
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given by:
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max(0x01000000, onboard_ram_size)
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In my case, this would locate my 8Mb VMEbus RAM card at 0x01000000.
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This starting address needs to be written to the MVME147's NVRAM at
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address 0xfffe0764, as follows:
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147Bug> mm fffe0764 ;L
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FFFE0764 00000000? 01000000 <cr> <--- you type 01000000
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FFFE0768 00000000? . <cr>
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147Bug>
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Next, you need to configure the end address of VMEbus RAM. Assuming
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your RAM card is 8Mb in size, this would be 0x017fffff. You need to
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write this value to NVRAM address 0xfffe0768, as follows:
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147Bug> mm fffe0768 ;L
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FFFE0768 00000000? 017fffff <cr> <--- you type 017fffff
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FFFE076c 00000000? . <cr>
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147Bug>
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You could obviously combine the above two steps.
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If you have more than one VMEbus RAM card, you must configure them so
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that they appear physically contiguous in A32 address space. So, to add
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another 8Mb card in addition to the card above, it should be jumpered
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to start at 0x01800000. In this case, you would change NVRAM location
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0xfffe0768 to be 0x01ffffff.
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If NVRAM location 0xfffe0764 is zero, the kernel assumes you only have
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onboard RAM and will not attempt to use any VMEbus RAM.
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Some extra notes on VMEbus RAM cards
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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So... You've got your nice shiny VMEbus RAM card up and running with
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NetBSD, and you're wondering why your system runs slower than it did
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with less RAM!
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The simple answer is "Motorola got it wrong". (Or at least that's my
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opinion. If anyone can cure the following, let me know!)
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In their infinite wisdom, the designers of the MVME147 decided that
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they would disable the 68030's cache on *any* access to the VMEbus.
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The upshot is that the cache only works for onboard RAM, not VMEbus
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RAM, hence your system runs slower. As far as I can see, the only
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way to cure this is to physically cut a trace on the circuit board
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and use the MMU to control caching on a page-by-page basis...
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Anyhow, hopefully the above instructions have finally put to rest
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the most asked question about the mvme68k port.
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Cheers,
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Steve Woodford: scw@netbsd.org
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