From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 19:51:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD4D916A4CE for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:51:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A75D343FBD for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:51:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (athlon.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.3]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAC3pYbe005166; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:51:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hAC3pYwW000899; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:51:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAC3pYkD000898; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:51:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:51:34 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: David Rhodus Message-ID: <20031112035134.GA870@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20031112031926.GA794@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <90BC634C-14C0-11D8-96E2-000A959B213E@catpa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <90BC634C-14C0-11D8-96E2-000A959B213E@catpa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: chen bo cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to install freebsd on HP rx2600 server X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 03:51:46 -0000 On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:30:30PM -0500, David Rhodus wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2003, at 10:19 PM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > >On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:29:09AM +0800, chen bo wrote: > >> i have a HP rx2600 server ,which has only usb keyboard. > >> > >> because the reason : > >> We cannot have a console (i.e. VGA and keyboard) on ia64 because our > >>console code is PC specific. We probe USB devices, including > >>keyboards, > >>but we cannot use them yet. > >> > >> how to install freebsd5.1 release on the server ? > > > >Serial console. > > Is there any chance of that being changed anytime soon? That has to be > one of the major things stopping me for ordering a ia64 machine to play > with.... Not soon. I've been playing with the thought and have actually started to write a new console subsystem. Both pcvt and syscons need too much work to make them sufficiently portable that I don't think it's worth trying to fix them. Also, fixing syscons implies breaking functionality on i386. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net