Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:13:29 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerMac G4 graphics issue Message-ID: <20140329131329.GA32462@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOspRT2Jmmtqe4h-83aotpHqv9V7ZQP7%2B=G57vtoudVryw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20081108120019.440D2106570D@hub.freebsd.org> <762295.44650.qm@web33105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20140329105152.GA73812@FreeBSD.org> <20140329124227.GA22005@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2BWntOspRT2Jmmtqe4h-83aotpHqv9V7ZQP7%2B=G57vtoudVryw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 09:07:08AM -0400, Joe Nosay wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Looks like `relax_mmap' is defined in powerpc/ofw/ofw_syscons.c, but I've > > removed "device sc" from kernel config in favor of "device vt". Does it > > mean that X11 + ATI card + Newcons is not supported yet? Can it be easily > > fixed, or I have to go back to syscons(4) for now? Thanks, > > Unless you are going to do a dual boot -- it can be done with two instances > of FreeBSD on powerpc if you load the kernel from the openfirmware/boot > loader prompt -- you may need to go back to using syscons. Dualbooting (more accurately, booting into alternative kernel) is not a problem per se, but I'd like to play with UTF-8 on the console, which is possible now with vt(4). Of course it's not as important as having X11 working, but in the long run we'd better have it fixed, esp. considering that vt(4) is going to replace syscons(4) in not very distant future. ./danfe
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