Subject: Re: CVS commit: syssrc
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 06/23/1999 19:08:58
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> It may assume some clock initialization by the firmware. Which may
> not work on an Alpha. (you had the right monitor, or put the mono on
> to green/sync, right?)
I don't know. 8-) Found monitor, found card, plugged them all
together the best i knew how. Didn't really care if it'd work, just
wanted to get the shell of the driver going. 8-)
> >However, if it's not a general problem, we should try to support it if
> >we can. (i.e. it's not right to just punt alpha support.)
>
> Or to put it another way: we need a TC driver for the board for
> pmaxes, and if its done `right' it should Just Work on all TC
> machines. pmaxes, alphas, vaxes (one day?).
Yup...
> Right now, tho, the keyboard driver mess may be a sticking point.
But that shouldn't be showing up in the mfb code. 8-)
cgd
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