Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 02:02:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP [alpha]: New console initialization Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.58-Blink.0407120200490.2789@tea.blinkenlights.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040711045145.GA40508@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20040711045145.GA40508@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net>
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > Gang, > > The console initialization on alpha has been reworked to not require > the many alpha specific kluges in the various drivers (gfb, sio and > syscons). Consequently, one now needs the well-known hints that one > needs on other platforms for things to work. In particular, you might > want to add: > hint.sio.0.flags="0x10" > hint.sio.1.flags="0x80" > > Without these hints you won't have a serial console. Cool, nice to see that this problem area is getting better. Has this code been tested ? If so I'll try building a current kernel on my ds10. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem
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