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Date:      Mon, 12 Jul 2004 02:02:15 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        alpha@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP [alpha]: New console initialization
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.58-Blink.0407120200490.2789@tea.blinkenlights.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20040711045145.GA40508@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net>
References:  <20040711045145.GA40508@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net>

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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:

> Gang,
>
> The console initialization on alpha has been reworked to not require
> the many alpha specific kluges in the various drivers (gfb, sio and
> syscons). Consequently, one now needs the well-known hints that one
> needs on other platforms for things to work. In particular, you might
> want to add:
> 	hint.sio.0.flags="0x10"
> 	hint.sio.1.flags="0x80"
>
> Without these hints you won't have a serial console.

Cool, nice to see that this problem area is getting better.
Has this code been tested ? If so I'll try building a current
kernel on my ds10.

-- 
Sten Spans

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen - Anthem



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