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Date:      Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:29:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        alpha@freebsd.org
Cc:        jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com
Subject:   Re: Console problems on alpha with -current
Message-ID:  <200008301629.JAA39892@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200008300505.WAA43988@pike.osd.bsdi.com>
References:  <200008300505.WAA43988@pike.osd.bsdi.com>

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In article <200008300505.WAA43988@pike.osd.bsdi.com>, John Baldwin
<jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com> wrote:

> Yes.  The vidconsole on my alpha (500a PWS) has been broken since
> Peter's drive-by shooting of config(8).

It seems you are right about the cause of the problem.  I have now
built a kernel with the hints compiled in statically using the "hints"
directive in the config file.  The console works fine in that kernel.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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