24 May 2012 02:18
valkyriefb as console
Michael <macallan <at> netbsd.org>
2012-05-24 00:18:14 GMT
2012-05-24 00:18:14 GMT
Hello, a while ago I wrote a driver for the onboard video circuitry found in the Performa 6360 ( in OF it shows up as /valkyrie ) - supposedly it isn't properly supported by OF but as it turns out it is. Kind of. Just setting output-device to /valkyrie gives me a funny looking but working console, but for some reason any attempt on loading ofwboot fails with 'CLAIM failed'. With output-device set to /bandit/ 3Dfx,Voodoo3 it boots just fine. The bits & pieces needed to run the system console on valkyriefb should be in place, if I just could get it to load anything ( genfb can't work since OF still doesn't give us a framebuffer address and it would need glue code to attach to mainbus ). So, any ides what could cause this and how to get around it? Sure, valkyrie is unaccelerated but as a simple console it's doing alright and people might want to use the PCI slot for something else, like fast ethernet or a USB2 card. have fun Michael
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