Re: HP 9000/332 support?

Chris Hanson <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:48:39 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.hp300
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> On Apr 30, 2020, at 6:11 PM, Chris Hanson <[email protected]> =
wrote:
>=20
> Another issue I=E2=80=99ve noticed is that the HP 98343A video card is =
recognized as 1024x400@4bpp instead of 512x400@4bpp, so upon switch from =
the secondary booter to the kernel, wscons text is compressed and =
difficult to read. It might be necessary to special-case the 98343A for =
this if its ROM is returning the wrong data.

Make that the HP 98543A video card.

I=E2=80=99ve only given diofb.c a cursory glance. Does anyone have a =
suggestion for how I should modify diofb.c to force 512x400 mode?

(Also, the 9000/332=E2=80=99s onboard black & white 512x400 frame buffer =
doesn=E2=80=99t seem to be detected at all. I=E2=80=99m not sure if I =
have it disabled with one of the DIP switches though.)

  -- Chris