> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 00:47:03 PST
> From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison)
> Cc: port-sun3@netbsd.org
> 
> > >   2. constype returns cg4 even though I have a Sun 3/50 with a bwtwo0
> > >      frame buffer.
> > 
> > That is a limitation (bug?) in the probe routines for the various
> > graphics adapters ... when more than one "probes present" in your
> > machine, it havs to guess.  In this case it guessed wrong.
> 
> I thought it was not possible for a 3/50 to have a cg4.  What is the
> cg4 probe seeing, that its hardware appears to be present?

Yes, I suppose that's correct.  The probe functions need work...

> When there really are multiple frame buffers (e.g. both bw2 and cg4
> on a 3/60) it would seem reasonable to look at the EEPROM to find out
> which one is being used as the console.  This "should" cause constype
> to agree with the ROM monitor as to where the console is.

Might help - the EEPROM tells you "color" or "monochrome"...

Gordon