Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:20:33 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: David Leimbach <leimy2k@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/ppc 6.0-BETA1 isos Message-ID: <42DC2B31.2040303@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <E1BC5476-6B09-4346-AD2E-6FD77B9E9FF0@mac.com> References: <42D859BE.6060100@freebsd.org> <E1BC5476-6B09-4346-AD2E-6FD77B9E9FF0@mac.com>
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Hi Dave, > The last 6.0 ISO I tried would panic if I tried to disable syscons. As > such, I have to plug a USB keyboard into my latop and also do the > "skipslot" thingy to get it recognized instead of my bluetooth. > > Does this one have any improvement in any of the above areas? :) Alas not :( I haven't looked into the ofw console crash for a while, but it's possible that it's either a) we're calling into open firmware with a virtually mapped stack, or b) the SPRG0-4 registers aren't being saved/restored during the call. NetBSD avoids both of those, though in theory a) should be OK. I'm hoping that the upcoming syscons kbdmux stuff will fix the early probe of the pretend Bluetooth usb kbd/mouse. later, Peter.
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