Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-12-30 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
Hi, I just had a quick look at vt_core.c with regard to callouts. And have the following comments: 1) Make sure callout_reset(), callout_schedule() and callout_stop() is always called locked. When no lock is specified, that means Giant! 2) callout_drain() must have an unlocked sleeping

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-12-29 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
Hi, FreeBSD 11-current: I had a panic, that VT tries to drain a callout while a mutex is locked rooting down from somewhere: vt_late_window_switch() When starting X11. Try to apply my kernel timeout work in progress patch in the new [RFC] kern/kern_timeout.c rewrite in progress thread and

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:01:41 -0800 Chris H bsd-li...@bsdforge.com wrote: On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:22:06 +0100 Jean-Sebastien Pedron jean-sebastien.ped...@dumbbell.fr wrote Hello! As announced a week ago, vt(4) is now the default console driver in 11-CURRENT as of r274085. You may

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Chris H
On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn gljennj...@gmail.com wrote On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:01:41 -0800 Chris H bsd-li...@bsdforge.com wrote: On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:22:06 +0100 Jean-Sebastien Pedron jean-sebastien.ped...@dumbbell.fr wrote Hello! As announced a week

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Chris H bsd-li...@bsdforge.com wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn gljennj...@gmail.com wrote On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:01:41 -0800 Chris H bsd-li...@bsdforge.com wrote: On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:22:06 +0100 Jean-Sebastien Pedron

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn gljennj...@gmail.com wrote No, video mode won't work with the nVidia blob. That requires a KMS (in-kernel) driver. Thank you for the reply, Gary. Ahh. I see. So unless I have ATI hardware, I'm pretty much

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Chris H
On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 08:15:04 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn gljennj...@gmail.com wrote No, video mode won't work with the nVidia blob. That requires a KMS (in-kernel) driver. Thank

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 08:15:04 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn gljennj...@gmail.com wrote No, video mode won't work with the nVidia blob. That requires a

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Chris H
On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:55:51 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 08:15:04 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On 11/05/14 22:27, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:55:51 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 08:15:04 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-05 Thread Chris H
On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:29:53 +0100 Hans Petter Selasky h...@selasky.org wrote On 11/05/14 22:27, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:55:51 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 08:15:04 -0700 (MST) Warren Block

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-04 Thread Jean-Sébastien Pédron
Hello! As announced a week ago, vt(4) is now the default console driver in 11-CURRENT as of r274085. You may have to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will indicate what you need to do. The original HEADS UP mentioned several known issues. Among them,

Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-11-04 Thread Chris H
On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:22:06 +0100 Jean-Sébastien Pédron jean-sebastien.ped...@dumbbell.fr wrote Hello! As announced a week ago, vt(4) is now the default console driver in 11-CURRENT as of r274085. You may have to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf. During boot,

HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

2014-10-27 Thread Jean-Sébastien Pédron
Hello! vt(4) is fairly usable today and we would like to enable it by default in one week (Monday November 3, 2014). For those who never used vt(4), here are its benefits: o It supports Unicode and double-width characters. o It supports the kernel video drivers (KMS) and allows to