From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 15:05:44 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A447AB7; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:05:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x235.google.com (mail-oa0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8F58B3A; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j17so7446417oag.40 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:05:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=3w0iLl7wiobh9dq1EvMe4G+jxhCMnr6fsd7DUyqY9m0=; b=s5yqCo9LgcLBMvvPcIZjdMgor2jYoxU2ZIsh5XOnJIAUPqox1JztlqmK6bFF/cac/w YI8xmywC6szoc/8az21DII23t4P5IptnHiJCAmjsV1jGEfSGOTLrkjbv9aeT1hUBelUZ HBY4HxVZY67eZrxbDonP0BL9HaO1WxQu329OlSG8aHmnoitg4OETl0oi0dQFu0GgcLlz y1Jw9SGATzVHOaaxMOHXbEmgGMh3prDDp+zYlH2InedxmKWTg5dWApmveQpq93ClsO9R 2uk9hPuf3GKJYGTudlfIKU0yYyQagT3BUV+P+tyZeVEMHcYGxoSCckOakiR8l/6FmEZz 3JcA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.161.101 with SMTP id xr5mr14259oeb.71.1396105542296; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:05:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.130.71 with HTTP; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:05:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140329131329.GA32462@FreeBSD.org> References: <20081108120019.440D2106570D@hub.freebsd.org> <762295.44650.qm@web33105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20140329105152.GA73812@FreeBSD.org> <20140329124227.GA22005@FreeBSD.org> <20140329131329.GA32462@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:05:42 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: PowerMac G4 graphics issue From: Joe Nosay To: Alexey Dokuchaev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: ppc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:05:44 -0000 On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 09:07:08AM -0400, Joe Nosay wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev > wrote: > > > Looks like `relax_mmap' is defined in powerpc/ofw/ofw_syscons.c, but > I've > > > removed "device sc" from kernel config in favor of "device vt". Does > it > > > mean that X11 + ATI card + Newcons is not supported yet? Can it be > easily > > > fixed, or I have to go back to syscons(4) for now? Thanks, > > > > Unless you are going to do a dual boot -- it can be done with two > instances > > of FreeBSD on powerpc if you load the kernel from the openfirmware/boot > > loader prompt -- you may need to go back to using syscons. > > Dualbooting (more accurately, booting into alternative kernel) is not a > problem per se, but I'd like to play with UTF-8 on the console, which is > possible now with vt(4). Of course it's not as important as having X11 > working, but in the long run we'd better have it fixed, esp. considering > that vt(4) is going to replace syscons(4) in not very distant future. > > ./danfe > Hey, danfe, is the kernel option for that "options VT"? I'd like to try that out myself on my amd64 laptop.