From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 21:28:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6629106568B for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:28:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E79F8FC45 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost by koef.zs64.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7JLSI0W039716 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:28:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) (authenticated as stb) Message-Id: <85C2BFCC-8A50-4BC9-B1A0-0EE279CE77AD@lassitu.de> From: Stefan Bethke To: FreeBSD current In-Reply-To: <9013F85E-E2AD-45C5-ACF1-E3B2E99D949D@lassitu.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:28:18 +0200 References: <200908192138.17160.dima_bsd@inbox.lv> <9013F85E-E2AD-45C5-ACF1-E3B2E99D949D@lassitu.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: ed@80386.nl, Dmitriy Demidov Subject: Re: vesa driver already for amd64! X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:28:36 -0000 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 Fon +49 151 14070811