Re: NetBSD 5.0 and SPARCstation 5 not a lucky combination

[Bill Roman <netbsd%songdog.eskimo.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 18:13 -0700, Erik Fair wrote:
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 12:55, der Mouse wrote:
> 
> >> Could the lack of wscons to manage the sparc graphics devices be
> >> triggering the kind of unserialized register setting that der Mouse
> >> described as a possible cause of this effect?
> >
> > Not directly, because that means that the kernel isn't scribbling on
> > the framebuffer to draw console text; rather, it's punting to the PROM
> > output routines.  At least, unless RASTERCONSOLE still exists and
> > you're using it.
> 
> RASTERCONSOLE is what's set up in GENERIC for NetBSD/sparc 5.0.  
> Perhaps the next step is shutting that off, and seeing if the problem  
> persists.


As I said, I'm new to NetBSD, so... can I use 4.0 to build a kernel for
the 5.0 installation, with a different config?  I'm not sure 5.0 will
stay up long enough to build a kernel.

I don't mind experimenting, the SS5 is one of my toys for learning
NetBSD, and this promises to be a great learning experience.