Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:44:37 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: powerpc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Switch ofw_console(4) to callout(9) Message-ID: <540091D5.3050203@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5F43E6EA-DE77-404A-B541-885B0CA05EAE@FreeBSD.org> References: <1899860.9mUAFU02PZ@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20140828064431.GA22415@FreeBSD.org> <5F43E6EA-DE77-404A-B541-885B0CA05EAE@FreeBSD.org>
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On 08/28/14 18:14, John Baldwin wrote: > On Aug 28, 2014, at 2:44 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 03:39:20PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >>> This patch switches the ofw_console driver from timeout(9) to callout(9). >>> The patch is against HEAD but it probably applies to 9 and 10. >> On 11.0-CURRENT powerpc r266314M: >> >> $ man ofw_console >> No manual entry for ofw_console >> >> I don't think you can call it ofw_console(4) just yet. ;-) > It's a driver in the kernel and those are section 4. :) > >>> Please test with INVARIANTS enabled. >> What are the exact test steps that would be useful for you? > Just making sure it works? I'm not sure how you force it as the console device or if it's just a matter of enabling it in /etc/ttys and then making sure you can interact with it ok as a console. > You can test it by setting hw.syscons.disable=1 if you are using syscons. I'm not sure if there's an equivalent for vt. It hasn't really worked right on PPC for some time, however, and might work better on sparc. -Nathan
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