Re: Wii: selecting video output

[Pär Moberg <ghostdewolf%gmail.com@localhost>]

Thank you, I will try to compile a new kernel. (Shouldn't be too hard,
I have installed gentoo twice.)
I am relatively new to NetBSD but is there a way to get a step
bootloader chain to read a cmdline.txt/config.txt with kernel
parameters in them? (This is in reference to how Raspberry Pi does
it.)
//Pär

On Sat, 27 Sept 2025 at 20:53, Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi Par --
>
> You'll have to patch the kernel for this. On line 219 of wiifb.c:
>
> https://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/sys/arch/evbppc/wii/dev/wiifb.c#219
>
> change -
>
>     sc->sc_format = VI_DCR_FMT_NTSC;
>
> to -
>
>     sc->sc_format = VI_DCR_FMT_PAL;
>
> If I can find some way to detect a PAL vs NTSC console maybe I can use a
> different default in the PAL case. I'll see what I can do.
>
> Take care,
> Jared
>
>
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2025, Pär Moberg wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I live in PAL land with a EUR Wii and when I use Priiloader to
> > automatic load NetBSD and it starts in 480i/NTSC mode.
> > This is a problem especially when using it together with 576i/PAL gear.
> > Is there a way to fix the video output?
> > //Pär
> > (480p is not a option in this situation)
> >
> >