Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:05:42 -0400 From: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerMac G4 graphics issue Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOtR3H50YS4aY4nH1TNt8VEiVzTVk6-WgB-3gt1dxG4iMA@mail.gmail.com> 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> <CA%2BWntOspRT2Jmmtqe4h-83aotpHqv9V7ZQP7%2B=G57vtoudVryw@mail.gmail.com> <20140329131329.GA32462@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> 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 <danfe@freebsd.org> > 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.
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