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