And I would like to thank Jean-Marc DURO for pointing me to a cheap 382 for sale less than an hour drive from $DAYJOB, after I had given up trying to get a 362 or 382 to make sure OpenBSD would correctly support the frame buffer on these models.
Miod > CVSROOT: /cvs > Module name: src > Changes by: m...@cvs.openbsd.org 2011/08/18 14:02:58 > > Modified files: > share/man/man4 : sti.4 > share/man/man4/man4.hp300: dio.4 > sys/arch/hp300/conf: files.hp300 > sys/arch/hp300/dev: dio.c diodevs diofbreg.h sti_sgc.c > sys/arch/hp300/hp300: wscons_machdep.c > sys/arch/hp300/stand: Makefile.inc > sys/arch/hp300/stand/cdboot: cdboot.c conf.c > sys/arch/hp300/stand/common: autoconf.c dca.c hpib.c if_le.c > ite.c ite_sti.c ite_tc.c scsi.c > version.c > sys/arch/hp300/stand/include: device.h itevar.h samachdep.h > sys/arch/hp300/stand/mkboot: mkboot.c > sys/arch/hp300/stand/uboot: conf.c netio.c uboot.c > sys/conf : files > sys/dev/ic : sti.c > Added files: > sys/arch/hp300/dev: sti_dio.c sti_machdep.c sti_machdep.h > Removed files: > sys/arch/hp300/stand/include: grfreg.h > > Log message: > So, it turns out that models 362 and 382 built-in frame buffer only shows up > in DIO-II space, as a fat device spanning four select codes (i.e. 16MB of > memory). This is way too much for an at-most 2 Mpixel 8bit frame buffer, and > it turns out that this is because the device provides both a regular DIO-II > frame buffer (spanning two select codes) and a regular STI frame buffer > (spanning the other two select codes). > This commit introduces a straightforward sti@dio attachment to get a working > sti(4) and wsdisplay(4) in a ridiculously small number of lines; however > the console code needs some changes to avoid duplicating globals. > > While there, add sti@dio support for the bootblocks, and I couldn't help > myself but clean the most rotten parts of them, and try to have them reuse > various files in sys/arch/hp300/dev instead of rolling their outdated ones. > > Tested on a real 382 with the low-resolution frame buffer: > sti0 at dio0 scode 132: rev 8.02;129, ID 0x27134CB440A00499 > sti0: 382V, 2048x512 frame buffer, 640x480x8 display > sti0: 8x16 font type 1, 16 bpc, charset 0-255 > wsdisplay0 at sti0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) > > Boot blocks updates tested on DIO-II 425t (serial/glass console), SGC 425e > (serial/glass console) and 382 (serial/glass console). And will be tested > on SGC 425t soon as well.