Subject: re: Ultra 5+ serial console support in NetBSD/SPARC64 1.5 release
To: None <mrg@eterna.com.au, port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/09/2000 16:13:50
I am getting an Ultra 5+ at work to replace my SPARCstation 20/71, now that
1.5 is out. I'm a little confused about how Ultra 5+ console support works.
OFW driver.
com driver, actually.
Mike Cooper's excellent "sysinfo" returns the following on my officemate's
Ultra 5+ system:
[...]
pci108e,a000(0) is a "Sun sabre" PCI
simba0 is a "Sun PCI" PCI bus bridge
ebus0 is a "Sun Microsystems PCI<->OnBoard" bus bridge
auxio is a "Auxiliary I/O"
power0
se0 is a "Siemens 82532 ESCC" serial device
su0 is a "82510/8250/16450/16550AF" serial device
kbd is a "Sun Type-5 US Unix" Keyboard
su1 is a "82510/8250/16450/16550AF" serial device
[...]
Is the serial port console on the "se0" device? Which is supported in 1.5?
there is no support for the serial ports. there *is* support for an OFW
serial console.... that will work regardless of the underlying ic.
There is also support for the keyboard/mouse in -current. However,
there is no support for the VGA or FFB display yet so you can't run
X.
Eduardo