Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:28:18 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Cc: ed@80386.nl, Dmitriy Demidov <dima_bsd@inbox.lv> Subject: Re: vesa driver already for amd64! Message-ID: <85C2BFCC-8A50-4BC9-B1A0-0EE279CE77AD@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <9013F85E-E2AD-45C5-ACF1-E3B2E99D949D@lassitu.de> References: <200908192138.17160.dima_bsd@inbox.lv> <9013F85E-E2AD-45C5-ACF1-E3B2E99D949D@lassitu.de>
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Am 19.08.2009 um 22:57 schrieb Stefan Bethke: > Am 19.08.2009 um 20:38 schrieb Dmitriy Demidov: > >> Hello. >> >> I just want to make you know about one ongoing project of "porting" >> vesa >> driver from i386 into amd64 architecture. You can read more about >> it's status >> in English here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=6291 >> Or in Russian here: http://forum.lissyara.su/viewtopic.php? >> f=8&t=19906 > > Cool stuff. I've just tried in VMware, and the window size changes > very briefly, but then vidcontrol tells me: > vidcontrol: cannot activate raster display: Inappropriate ioctl for > device Sorry for the noise, reading the instructions carefully helps. I was missing options SC_PIXEL_MODE, and now everything appears to be working perfectly, including the boot-time mode change via hints.sc. 0.flags. 8-bit modes give just a blank window (with the right dimensions though), and I can switch to a different console and switch to a working mode. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811
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