Subject: Re: Multi-Headed oddity [PX and HX on a 5000/240 running 1.4P
To: Chris Tribo <talon16m@hotmail.com>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/04/2000 15:47:22
On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Chris Tribo wrote:

> Booting goes normally up to where 1.4P detects the px card. On the
> PMAGB-BA's display I see:
> 
> px0 at tc0 slot 1 offset 0x0
> 
> then the console display switched to the PMAG-C and continues without
> skipping a beat :)
> 
> :5x1 stamp, 8 plane
> sfb0 at tc0 slot 0 offset 0x0: 1280x1024x8 (console)
> ...
>     Is this a known behavior and would loading wscons be able to fix this?
> Just wondering, I know Tohru needs more things to work on :-)

  I think this is a bug in the px driver, and may be fixed in -current.
I think the driver was unconditionally initializing as the console device
when it was configured.

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
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