From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 11:02:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id CAE3416A4CF; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:02:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:02:55 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Pete Bentley Message-ID: <20031209190255.GB10414@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20031203230916.GA70189@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031204142855.GB79411@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031204105430.D78277@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031209135843.GA83083@sorted.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <20031209135843.GA83083@sorted.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i 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: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 19:02:55 -0000 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:58:43PM +0000, Pete Bentley wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 11:03:52AM -0800, Doug White wrote: > > Which is really pesky since XFree86 will work on the ATI fine, we just > > need a way of having syscons attach the display but not use it so XFree= 86 > > can nab it later. I see that the creator code handles the case where i= ts > > not the chosen console; I wonder if some shim driver that goes through = the > > motions but doesn't implement any of the fb functions might work.=20 >=20 > Is it not possible to write shim driver that falls back onto the OBP=20 > functions for text mode output? Sure they're slow, but at least > you could potentially get text working under syscons, then XFree86 > can grab the device later and do its thing. I'm sure it's possible - if you could investigate this it would be greatly appreciated by the rest of the users without Creator3D hardware. Kris