Subject: Framebuffer test kernel
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.org>
From: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/30/2007 21:37:19
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Hello,

I've uploaded a very preliminary copy of a GENERIC mac68k kernel[*]  
with framebuffer+wscons support to:

	ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jmmv/netbsd-mac68k-fb.gz

This will hopefully work on all machines with integrated video; i.e.,  
those that previously used 'intvid at obio?'.  It *might* also work  
with those using NuBus cards, but that is completely untested.  That  
does not mean that you should not test it in them!

Note that this indeed supports a color console!  Make sure to change  
your monitor configuration in the Booter to 256 colors (recommended)  
or "millions of colors".  The "thousands of colors" configuration  
will *not* work yet.  Of course, 1-bit will also work.

Machines with a valkyrie card will hopefully have correct colors on  
the console.  Others may not: e.g. you may get a pink on white  
console as happened here.  I'd like to know which these are so, if  
that's your case, please attach the output of dmesg.  Obviously, if  
it does not boot at all, it'd be interesting to know which is your  
machine, your video card and how it hang.

I have not committed the code yet because it's still not polished.

Enjoy :-)

*: This kernel is built from NetBSD-current, using a softfloat  
toolchain (but that should not change the kernel, AFAIK).  It is a  
modified version of the current GENERIC *without* macfb, which is  
replaced with genfb and valkyriefb.  I've also disabled zs because  
there is still a problem left in the code WRT console output.

- --
Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>


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