On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 11:17:49AM -0800, Aaron Burt wrote: > > I'd be happy to see someone deb Xbh...I've thought of doing it. > > I'll have to see what Alien does with the RPM first, then see if it can be > done "right". Haven't found source yet, I'll keep digging.
I thought source was on www.ppc.kernel.org somewhere. Jeff Rugen has been working on it lately. > > I did a little work on the clgenfb driver (Jeff's latest version) so it > > worked with the 5446 on PReP boxes > > Cool. I trust it made it to Jeff. Kazuoki and I are playing with > Jeff's 2.3 patch on 2.2. > > > I'd love to see Jeff/someone get working clgenfb support into the > > kernel. A few months ago it could only do 8bit depth on PReP whereas > > Xbh can do 16bit. I've heard that 2.2.13 introduced a new clgenfb > > driver that is updated from a Zorro perspective such that it breaks > > Jeff's patches pretty horribly...it's probably time to get the driver in > > the kernel so it can be properly maintained. > > Looks like it's in 2.3 now. I doubt it'll make it into 2.2, though. > > > There is a _small_ problem with FB support in that currently things work > > nicely with VGAcon and Sercon built together in the boot image. > > So, if I understand correctly, FB->VGA[->Serial] does not work, but > VGA->Serial and FB->Serial does? Meaning that FBcon and VGACon are > currently mutually exclusive? If so, no biggie, just trying to clarify. You are correct, except that fallback from FB->Serial. Once FB support is built into the kernel, it changes the whole console init scheme. > I am truly amazed at the work folks are putting into these PReP boxen. > Not even NetBSD supports 'em. I'll have to see if I can get a good deal > on a few and send 'em around-- PC-Recycle in Kirkland, WA is lousy with > 'em. Think of it as "trickle down" support. Moto. is supporting PReP work in the kernel and Debian for their current line of PReP VME/CPCI/ATX systems and support for older systems improves as a result. Especially since a lot of the systems are running servers at work and home of Moto engineers. :) -- Matt Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
