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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:57:24 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] oh, no! (again)
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>
> i don't know where it's getting the 9pcf that it's putting in 9fat.  it
> doesn't appear to be the same as /386/9pcf from the cd.  (there's
> only one.)
>
> as soon as i figure that out, this will probablly all work.

okay.  the cd was rolled correctly, but i discovered a potential
source of confusion.  evidently the installer didn't want to
overwrite the bad 9pcf and 9load that were already in 9fat.
so download a new copy of 9atom.tar.bz2 and when you
start the installer, make sure to zero out 9fat at a minimum.
to do this
	- open a new window
	- dd -if /dev/zero -of /dev/sdXX/9fat -bs 4k

a further note, if you rebuild your kernel, it won't work.
installing the following contrib packages is required
	quanstro/fis		(build and parse sata fises)
	quanstro/sd		(new sd stuff)
	quanstro/nvram		(so you can find nvram)
	quanstro/9load-e820	(to rebuild 9load)

for most atom-based machines with 8169s you will need
this as well.

	quanstro/8169

comment out the edev->maxtu line.  that's for jumbo frames
support for aoe.  you could apply the changes to the dist
driver as well, but unfortunately the distributed driver does
not handle unexpectly large packet reception.  (crash)

also you may wish to enable support for the new sd stuff.
	quanstro/atazz		(send raw ata commands)
	quanstro/smart		(smart monitor)

there are a few things in the kernel i've built that don't fit
in dist packages very well.
	PAT
	jumbo ethernet frames
	kernel cec server		(console-over-ethernet)
	/dev/cputemp
	/dev/nomp		(mptables when not enabled)

sorry about that.

finally, would anyone who has success or failure please
send me a note off-list including lspci output and what
happens when you try the official distribution.

- erik