Re: boot(8) for bebox

Tim Rightnour <[email protected]> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:28:06 -0700 (MST)
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.bebox,gmane.os.netbsd.ports.powerpc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 03-Apr-2008 KIYOHARA Takashi wrote:
> boot build with -DCONS_BE, video_{init,put} builded in video.c.  It
> supports a another frame buffer from vga_{init,put} in vga.c.  It has
> been described to sys/arch/bebox/stand/README.=20

In essence, all you need are two bootloaders:

boot:  This one should utilize the video display, and if there is no keyb=
oard
attached, fall back to serial.

boot_com:  Serial only.  (to force serial port regardless of keyboard)

How you get the video to work isn't very important, only that it does.  Y=
ou
don't need another bootloader with some other method of making the video =
work.=20
If you have multiple ways to make the video work, make boot try to guess =
the
right one and use it.

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