Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:07:20 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA1 for Alpha available Message-ID: <20040825190720.GA5136@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040825183154.GA9663@ns1.xcllnt.net> References: <20040824183019.GA82339@freebie.xs4all.nl> <1093387784.3554.28.camel@klamath.ankon.de.eu.org> <20040824231428.GB4049@dhcp53.pn.xcllnt.net> <1093390484.3554.45.camel@klamath.ankon.de.eu.org> <20040825000027.GB4182@dhcp53.pn.xcllnt.net> <20040825172812.GG53710@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040825183154.GA9663@ns1.xcllnt.net>
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 11:31:54AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote.. > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 10:28:12AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:00:27PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > It may never have worked. I've had nothing but panics and problems on > > > my Miata whenever I wanted to use the TGA2 adapter. > > > > I don't think we ever got testing on anything other than TGA1. > > Does it make sense to remove syscons from GENERIC? I mean, it's annoying No, that would be overly radical. If TGA causes problems we should de-orbit TGA from the installkernel. I think that a normal VGA card should not cause any problems. Actually, I am gonna try this now... stay tuned (my systems normally run from serial consoles, and that is how I tested the ISOs before uploading). > to have to hook up a serial console when you have a monitor and keyboard > right in front of you, but if syscons is going to cause panics that make > a normal install of FreeBSD impossible then we're actually better off. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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