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mark_k · 07 January 2013, 14:45

Another way to check if the machine is an A4000 would be for the boot loader to do FindResident("A4000 bonus").

If that succeeds you're running on an A4000. If it doesn't, you probably aren't. (Though of course if the user has soft-loaded a non-A4000 Kickstart that module won't be found. That's unlikely to be a problem with real-world systems though.)

Edit: It looks like that method of detecting an A4000 is already in loadbsd. Maybe the NetBSD boot loader doesn't use that method for some reason???

Edit 2: Looks like it's necessary to also check for "A4000 Bonus" and "A1000 Bonus" to cover all possible A4000 ROMs, sigh...

07 January 2013, 14:45	#9
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,335	Another way to check if the machine is an A4000 would be for the boot loader to do FindResident("A4000 bonus"). If that succeeds you're running on an A4000. If it doesn't, you probably aren't. (Though of course if the user has soft-loaded a non-A4000 Kickstart that module won't be found. That's unlikely to be a problem with real-world systems though.) Edit: It looks like that method of detecting an A4000 is already in loadbsd. Maybe the NetBSD boot loader doesn't use that method for some reason??? Edit 2: Looks like it's necessary to also check for "A4000 Bonus" and "A1000 Bonus" to cover all possible A4000 ROMs, sigh... Last edited by mark_k; 07 January 2013 at 15:07.