From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 15:44:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA1AB16A4CE; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:44:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5094243D09; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:44:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB9Ni9Dx068313; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:44:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB9Ni93k046956; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:44:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id hB9Ni89i046955; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:44:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:44:08 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20031209234408.GA46900@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20031203230916.GA70189@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031204142855.GB79411@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031204105430.D78277@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031209135843.GA83083@sorted.org> <20031209190255.GB10414@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031209190255.GB10414@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org 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 23:44:13 -0000 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:02:55AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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 XFree86 > > > can nab it later. I see that the creator code handles the case where its > > > 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. > > > > Is it not possible to write shim driver that falls back onto the OBP > > 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. Should I interpret that as "the Creator3D does not have the problem" ? -- | / o / /_ _ |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org