On Thu 2008.04.03 at 05:43 +0100, Federico G. Schwindt wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 02:42:10AM +0100, Federico G. Schwindt wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 09:35:17PM -0400, Brad wrote: > > > Here is an update to Bochs 2.3.6. Please test this out. > > > > i will test but does this fixes the problems i've mentioned last time, > > like not booting on sparc64 while the current version does? > > So far: > > - i386 and amd64 floppy43.fs boot fine with amd64 as host. > - a full amd64 installation went ok as well using install43.iso, > and works fine with both bsd and bsd.mp (although there are > some errors with bsd.mp). > - ctrl sequences and the pipe key don't work after booting. > capslock does not show in the gui either. the pipe works at the > boot> prompt, tho. ctrl can be obtained pressing capslock. > - ne2k with fbsd ethmod does not work for me. need to test more. > > i realise that the last 2 points are probably bugs in bochs. > to avoid the keyboard repeats, the clock's sync parameter should > be set to `realtime'. maybe this should be set in the bochsrc sample > file (or alternatively a README.OpenBSD).
yes please! i was stuck on that myself until just now... i can report the same success with install43.iso on i386 and amd64 hosts, booting both i386 and amd64 on each. i do have the same issue with ne2k. > there are other configure options that looks interesting as well, but > they can be added at a later time. > my sparc64 is down at the moment, so i haven't been able to give it a > try yet. > i'd be nice to have more tests, but i'm not sure how useful the > old version in ports is, so maybe it'd be better to just update it. i agree with that last statement as well.
