Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:16:51 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vt(4) support on SPARC Message-ID: <53D84783.3010803@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <53CC1C85.5050809@freebsd.org> References: <53CC1C85.5050809@freebsd.org>
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I haven't heard back from anyone. Since the changes to ofwfb are now in and the changes to the sparc64 kernel configuration don't affect default behavior, I will commit this at the end of the week so it can be tested more casually unless someone objects. -Nathan On 07/20/14 12:46, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > I'm hoping to collect test results for the patch at > http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/vt-sparc64.diff > > It does the following things: > 1. Adds vt to SPARC64 GENERIC as a run-time selectable feature. > syscons is still the default, but you can try vt by setting > kern.vty=vt at the boot loader. > 2. Fix some bitrot in the sparc64 support in ofwfb, so that it > compiles again on SPARC. > 3. Removes some of the PCI-focused aspects of ofwfb and adds some > other improvements to it (not all of them SPARC-related). > > This should work at least on all systems currently using machfb(4) and > provides a working graphics console on my Ultra 5. It likely doesn't > work on systems using creatorfb(4) -- I believe that will require a > different driver -- though I would very much appreciate test results > on such systems. It may also work on some systems that currently have > no working graphics console at all. > > So, if you have a SPARC system with video hardware, I would really > appreciate it if you could give this a try. If you don't set kern.vty > at the loader prompt, it should not change anything. > > If you try it on a non-Mach64 system and it provides a working > console, please let me know. If you try it and it does not work (no > matter what kind of graphics hardware), please also let me know and > tell me what kind of graphics card you have and send the output of > "ofwdump -p screen". Any other comments or test results would also be > appreciated. > -Nathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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