Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 16:56:40 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Just Baldrick <baldrick@rmsq.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.2.1 Message-ID: <199704050056.QAA14294@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Apr 1997 10:58:37 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970404105814.1738G-100000@localhost>
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>On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Just Baldrick wrote: > >> >setting flags 0x1 for npx0 (via -c at Boot:). There is a problem with >> >the optimized bcopy code and some VGA cards. >> >> This worked - I don't know why setting a flag for a math co-processor >> fixes some interaction between bcopy code (string manipulation?) >> and VGA cards >> but setting the flag to 0x1 via -c in the boot floppy >> and subsequently adding to the kernal conf file >> enabled us to put up 2.2.1 on the laptop >> thanks > >I saw that and it blew me away. Thanks for the hint David. Incidently, the npx0 flags is a kludge. We don't yet have a way of toggling generic kernel flags in userconfig, so instead Bruce is using the unused flags on npx0 (which is a required device). This behavior will go away at some point... -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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