From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 19:40:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC00A16A4CE; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:40:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F315A43FBD; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:40:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0227272DB8; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:40:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3EFC72DB5; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:40:37 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:40:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20031203230916.GA70189@xor.obsecurity.org> Message-ID: <20031203193755.G73007@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20031203230916.GA70189@xor.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: jake@FreeBSD.org cc: sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: syscons by default? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 03:40:38 -0000 On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote: > It looks like syscons support is not enabled in GENERIC by default. > Is there some lingering reason why this should be true? If we enable > it by default then e.g. system console installs should work for > 5.2-RELEASE, and people can use XFree86 out of the box. Apparently because it only supports Creator and Creator3d cards. The attachment function is easy but someone would have to write a framebuffer driver. That sinks my Ultra5, which has a ATI. Looks like it has Apple fcode, though: aty,fcode: 41 50 4c 2d 31 2e 30 62 33 36 00 'APL-1.0b36' -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org