NetBSD/cats news archive

November 2005

2005-11-02: NetBSD 2.1 released: NetBSD 2.1, the first maintenance release of the netbsd-2 release branch, has been released with binary distributions for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.1 release announcement.

December 2004

2004-12-09: NetBSD 2.0 released: NetBSD 2.0 released with support for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.0 release announcement.

March 2004

2004-03-01: NetBSD 1.6.2 released: NetBSD 1.6.2 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.2 release announcement.

October 2003

2003-10-09: Experimental ABLE firmware support on cats: Chris Gilbert has added experimental ABLE firmware support on cats, please see his mail to port-cats for more information.

April 2003

2003-04-21: NetBSD 1.6.1 released: NetBSD 1.6.1 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.1 release announcement.

September 2002

2002-09-14: NetBSD 1.6 released: NetBSD 1.6 released with support for 39 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6 release announcement.

2002-09-13: New firmware for cats.: Simtec have released new firmware for cats, I recommend that people install it. It's been noted that it has fixed an issue relating to X on for at least one person.
The new firmware can be found on Simtec's website. Specifically on their cats support page. I would strongly recommend that cats users upgrade to 1.3. As the firmware allows for larger kernels, which means I'll be reenabling some devices in the -current INSTALL kernel.

August 2002

2002-08-04: X support for cats.: NetBSD/cats now has in tree support for xfree86 4.2.0. Sets haven't been built yet, but anyone wishing to try X needs to update to the latest xsrc. Note that you need 1.6BETA or 1.6 -current as the server uses the /dev/pci0 interface. Non-current users will need to add USE_XF86_4=YES to /etc/mk.conf.
Note I'll be requesting pullups to 1.6, but they may not make it into 1.6.0.
Update 2002-08-19: Sets for 1.6 RC1 are now available from ftp.NetBSD.org, in /pub/NetBSD/arch/cats/xsets The mirrors will probably pick it up in the near future.

July 2001

2002-07-29: Cats now has a mailing list: NetBSD/cats now has its own mailing list, port-cats. The list is for discussion of both cats and EBSA boards and issues relating to them. Generic arm issues should still goto the port-arm list. To subscribe use the links on the side.

June 2001

2001-06-10: Cats moves to its own arch dir: NetBSD/cats is now in its own arch dir, sys/arch /cats Kernels should be built from there. Note that GENERIC has grown as it now contains all the currently supported USB devices. Any cats specific bugs should be reported using the newly created port-cats category in send-pr.