Re: [MiNT] 1.17 startup & shutdown issues

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

Lonny Pursell wrote:

> on 10/1/10 2:32 AM, Jo Even Skarstein wrote:
>
> > From: WongCK <wongck68@yahoo.com>
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 3:00 AM
> > To: <mint@lists.fishpool.fi>
> > Subject: Re: [MiNT] 1.17 startup & shutdown issues
> >
> >>>     /*
> >>>     * Ozk: We switch off instruction, data and branch caches (where
> >>> available)
> >>>     *  while the VDI accesses the hardware. This fixes 'black-screen'
> >>>     *  problems on Hades with Nova VDI.
> >>>     */
> >>>
> >>> So I think I'll commit the version without cache-saving (open and close
> >>> wk) to my branch. Would be nice if everybody would test it to see if
> >>> shutdown works, esp. the above mentioned systems.
> >
> > And to see whether this causes any problems on the Hades. There was a good
> > reason for switching off the caches in the first place.
>
> Indeed.  I recently fixed the Nova Mach64 PCI driver the same way based on
> info from Ozk.  Toggling the caches on/off while the workstation is opened.
> Otherwise, if the Hades tried to boot at full speed with the caches on, one
> got the black screen of death.

Did you try XaAES on your Hades? How can the Hades be detected (e.g. via cookie)?

-Helmut