From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 19 03:11:09 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81ACF77D; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 03:11:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth4.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.145]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5182A181E; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 03:11:08 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0MZM00300OD1LZ00@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:11:07 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-4, Version=6.0.3.2322014, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2014.1.19.30017, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-208-68-77.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.68.77]) by smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MZM003BZOUHNB10@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:11:07 -0600 (CST) Message-id: <52DB4249.6010801@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:11:05 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 To: Aleksandr Rybalko , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] updated ofwfb driver vt(9) References: <20140117174207.88bedb221f2ac942c607dbf1@freebsd.org> In-reply-to: <20140117174207.88bedb221f2ac942c607dbf1@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 03:11:09 -0000 On 01/17/14 09:42, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > Hello hackers! > > I did updated version of vt's ofwfb driver, but have no HW to test. > It will be very nice if someone try it on ppc/sparc device. > > Instructions on how to enable vt(9) (newcons) can be found here: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons > > Patch to HEAD in attachment. (hope it will not be stripped) > > xf86-video-scfb expected to work too :) > > Many-many thanks! > > WBW I tried it on the following systems: QEMU (640x480 32-bit framebuffer): works fine. This is the good news. Powerbook G4 (1280x854 8-bit): first screen and a half of kernel output displays OK, although the cursor is bright cyan instead of light gray. The system then freezes completely. G5 iMac (1680x1050 8-bit): Screen turns black. Letters visible periodically underneath the cyan cursor. System eventually freezes completely. All three systems work fine with the old ofwfb (though the very slow scrolling makes booting take twice as long as with syscons) and I'm a bit at a loss to debug this correctly. Any ideas? -Nathan