Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:44:25 +0100 From: Rink Springer <rink@stack.nl> To: imp@bsdimp.com Cc: ed@fxq.nl, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/xbox: updated 7.0 patchset Message-ID: <20051107194424.GA35394@stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <200511071118.35041.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20051106222359.GC46752@stack.nl> <200511071118.35041.jhb@freebsd.org>
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--G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, OK, I've updated the patchset. Changes: - opt_xbox.h is now used instead of opt_global.h - xboxfb.c should follow style(9) better - boot_font.c is no longer patched - 128MB XBOX-es should work too [1] It is fetchable from http://rink.nu/downloads/xbox-patches/xbox-7-current.v2.diff Oh, and for John's comment: The reason pic16l.s is coded in assembly, was that it was used extensively while debugging (it even resided in locore.s for a while :-), as being able to change the LED's color is immensely useful if you don't have a framebuffer working already :) This is why I'd prefer to keep this file as-is. [1] I have no way of testing this; volunteers are very welcome! --=20 Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "God, root, what is difference?" - Pitr, Userfriendly * John Baldwin (jhb@freebsd.org) wrote: > On Sunday 06 November 2005 05:23 pm, Rink Springer wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'd like to present my 7.0-CURRENT XBOX patches. If you put 'options > > XBOX' in your kernel after applying this patch, you will get a kernel > > that is bootable on both ordinary i386 PC's as well as XBOX'es. 'device > > xboxfb' is an XBOX-capable frame buffer. > > > > You can download the patches from > > http://rink.nu/downloads/xbox-patches/xbox-7-current.diff. I hope this > > patch will be committed to the FreeBSD source tree. Let me know any > > suggestions for improvements. > > > > The XBOX option depends on I686_CPU and will error out if it is not > > supplied. The overall patch is just over 1000 lines, mainly due to the > > framebuffer driver. You will need the most recent CVS version of > > Cromwell [1], as it now fakes FreeBSD boot info so the initial entry > > won't halt the CPU. This removes the patches in the locore.s file. > > > > For some reason, the kernel will not work fine if you have syscons in y= our > > kernel. This only affects the XBOX, so either syscons crashes it somehow > > or it gets a higher priority. However, as the current framedriver driver > > needs to be syscon(4)-ized, I intend to port the framebuffer to the VESA > > framework. Assistance on this is very welcome. > > > > Finally, I am willing to maintain this so future FreeBSD's will run on > > the XBOX without any issues. Work is underway for the nForce ethernet as > > well as an improved syscons(4)-able console driver. > > > > [1] This is the Linux BIOS for the XBOX; it was patched in order to boot > > FreeBSD correctly. >=20 > It might be nice to have as much of pci16l.s in C as possible for ease of= =20 > maintenance. For example, at least two of the functions I looked at in t= here=20 > just call a p16l_setbits() and that could be done via an inline function = in a=20 > header file. >=20 > --=20 > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =3D http://www.FreeBSD.org >=20 --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDb66Yb3O60uztv/8RAqASAJ4/iAW1/C/6m1q42EvBQoDtFmGtNgCfUovP LBEMW9xEHjWZogCslJsTqIg= =q8zi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe--
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