Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:27:11 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Console problems on alpha with -current Message-ID: <200008302227.PAA71069@pike.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <200008302104.e7UL4GG94187@netplex.com.au> from Peter Wemm at "Aug 30, 2000 02:04:16 pm"
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Peter Wemm wrote: > > This in turn affects the probe order, judging from the dmesg output. > > The ultimate effect is this difference: > > > > bad: sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> > > good: sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200> > > > > which I suspect is the reason the console isn't working right. The > > 0x200 flag (actually stored in the "config" field of the softc struct) > > is SC_KERNEL_CONSOLE. > > *blink*... > > It seems that the loader sorts the variables that it passes through to the > kernel. Why this makes a difference is puzzling me somewhat. However, > the Alpha console probe code is totally different to the i386 console probe > code. I suspect that is the root cause of it. Mike Smith has suggested that the kenv pointer might not be initialied before the console init on the alpha for some reason... > Cheers, > -Peter -- John Baldwin <jhb@bsdi.com> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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