From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 12 00:49:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690F316A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:49:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A8F543D49 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:49:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net (dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.250]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6C0mRkr082717; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:48:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i6C0mROX067310; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:48:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6C0mRDU067309; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:48:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:48:27 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Sten Spans Message-ID: <20040712004827.GB67007@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20040711045145.GA40508@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP [alpha]: New console initialization X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:49:46 -0000 On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 02:02:15AM +0200, Sten Spans wrote: > > > > 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. I've been using this on my alpha for a while. I normally use a serial console, but I've tested that syscons is as broken with this change as it is without. What this boils down to is that the system console works, but as soon as the TGA device is probed during bus enumeration I get a panic. It's related to the chipset... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net