Mike Smith wrote:
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> [Terry blathers]
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> > > Surprisingly, setting "vidconsole" in the SRM didn't make
> > > my TGA work in FreeBSD. 8-p.
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> 'vidconsole' is the x86 loader console driver. Under SRM, there are no
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> console options (because the platform doesn't give you any).
|John Baldwin writes:
| > What dance? Works great for me. If SRM uses serial console, so
| > does FreeBSD. If SRM uses vidconsole, so does FreeBSD. In fact,
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| > this is the _only_ way it can work on the Alpha since SRM just
| > gives you one console device handle and one boot device handle.
| >
| > Have you actually used an Alpha before? :-P
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| Yes, I've used a Miata and a Multia with FreeBSD, and several
| others with DEC UNIX, and had a PC164 at one time.
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| Surprisingly, setting "vidconsole" in the SRM didn't make
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| my TGA work in FreeBSD. 8-p.
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