Subject: port-alpha/5303: booting into DDB w/ wscons doesn't work on Alpha
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@bishop.nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/16/1998 13:41:07
>Number: 5303
>Category: port-alpha
>Synopsis: booting into DDB w/ wscons doesn't work on Alpha
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 16 17:20:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
>Organization:
Numerical Aerospace Simulation Facility - NASA Ames
>Release: NetBSD 1.3E, April 16, 1998
>Environment:
Digital AlphaStation 600/333, PC US ASCII keyboard, TGA2 display
System: NetBSD bishop 1.3E NetBSD 1.3E (BISHOP) #323: Wed Apr 8 12:42:08 PDT 1998 thorpej@bishop:/tmp_mnt/dracul/u5/netbsd/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/BISHOP alpha
>Description:
When booting into DDB as follows:
>>> boot ewa0 -fl "d"
the console keyboard is not properly initialized, apparently.
It behaves as if a "random" keymap is being used, where keys
types essentially produce random junk.
I have submitted this as a "port-alpha" because the problem does
NOT exist on my PPro using wscons.
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot into DDB on an Alpha equipped as above.
>Fix:
Unknown.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: