> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 > Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 08:14:52 -0700
 > From: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>
 > To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
 > Cc: Jeff Northon <jeffo@sasquatch.com>, port-i386@netbsd.org,
 >      buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org
 > Subject: Re: 1.4.2 fails on my new pIII system.
 > 
 > 	Definitely not fixed there.
 > -Brian
 > On Oct 8,  7:52pm, David Brownlee wrote:
 > } Subject: Re: 1.4.2 fails on my new pIII system.
 > } On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Brian Buhrow wrote:
 > } 
 > } > 	Following up on my own post for a third time, I've got 1.4.3_ALPHA
 > } > installed now, thanks to not using the pccons driver.  I had to split the
 > } > generic kernel across two floppy disks, boot 1.2G, copy the kernel bits
 > } > onto the hard drive, glue them back together and reboot.  Now I have a
 > } > working kernel which uses the wscons driver to talk to the Weasel card and
 > } > that seems to work.  I guess the pccons driver officially doesn't get along
 > } > with the PC Weasel card from version 1.4 to 1.5ALPHA.  Too bad, it makes
 > } > installation a real drag.  When I get things installed, I'll poke at it and
 > } > see if I can figure out where pccons is losing its lunch.
 > } 
 > } 	Please do - it would be good to find and fix this.
 > } 	Could you try a 1.5_ALPHA2 boot floppy to see if its fixed there?
 > } 

Sorry, I was just forwarded this and I didn't see it the first time
around.

Anyway, I've discovered the problem and have 2 fixes for it.  Either will
work.

1) there should soon be a new PROM for the PC Weasel to fix a minor oversight
on the current rev of board (that was there on previous revs).

2) Have checked in a change to pccons.c that checks for insane values coming
from the cursor register on the video board.

So this should show up in 1.5 and future snapshots.  Anyone with a Weasel
that is affected by this can get a new PROM as soon as we have one which
should be in the next few hours.