Subject: Re: q950 status on current
To: None <mrz5149@acm.org>
From: Robert Swindells <rjs@ren.fdy2.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/30/2004 00:55:30
Michael R.Zucca wrote:
>On Apr 29, 2004, at 6:29 PM, Robert Swindells wrote:

>> Current from a couple of days ago gives video output.

>Isn't it also possible to boot the machine completely using serial 
>console and turn off video/keyboard altogether?

Yes.

>> I may commit some of my ADB changes anyway, but leave the IOP support
>> disabled at the top level.

>Nice! There seemed to be ground work for IOP support based on the Linux 
>work but, for some reason, didn't quite work correctly. What was the 
>problem?

It still doesn't work, but it can detect the keyboard now at boot time.

The theory I want to try out this weekend is that maybe both the
floppy and the ADB drivers in the IOP need to be initialized before
they will work properly.

Robert Swindells