Subject: Re: J720.
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: IWAMOTO Toshihiro <iwamoto@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
List: port-hpcarm
Date: 07/17/2001 23:08:18
At Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:29:33 -0600,
Herb Peyerl wrote:
> Except for the console.  Since I'm netbooting, it gives me the 
> 'root device?' bit so I have to type in ep0 and then everything 
> proceeds to there.  As a result, I have 'serial console' checked
> in hpcboot.
> 
> Without 'serial console' checked, I can't seem to get anything on the
> display.  Is that to be expected?  It looks like there's framebuffer
> code there and it looks like it should work..  I've tried using both
> the "HP Jornada 720" and "-japanese" versions and no luck.

Currently, the framebuffer cannot be used as a console (due to my
laziness), and unchecking 'serial console' causes boot to fail.

The way to use the framebuffer is to put "wscons=YES" in rc.conf and
run getty at /dev/ttyE0.

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IWAMOTO Toshihiro