Subject: IMPORTANT: Change to NetBSD/mac68k console driver
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@clank.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/14/2000 01:10:08
The new wscons console driver has been merged into the main development
branch. Because there are compatibility modules that emulate the existing
console behavior, no changes to your configuration are required. However,
if you wish to take advantage of the new console driver, you must first
install a new copy of /dev/MAKEDEV. Once the ftp and anoncvs source trees
are updated, you'll be able to find the new copy in the tree at:
.../src/etc/etc.mac68k/MAKEDEV
Once you've done that, you should edit /etc/ttys and change `ttye0' to
`ttyE0'.
The core of this new driver is derived directly from the NetBSD/next68k
wscons implementation written by Matt DeBergalis, and has similar
functionality.
There are two caveats regarding NetBSD/mac68k wscons support.
1) Unlike NetBSD/i386, the initial implementation for mac68k supports
only one screen (or "virtual terminal").
2) The "Serial echo" booter option does not currently work properly.
In most cases, you can use the serial console option as a workaround.
I'd like to thank Matt for his work on the NetBSD/next68k driver, as well
as the following people for their advice and help in testing the
NetBSD/mac68k implementation over the last year:
Steve Allen
Frederick Bruckman
Yasuhiro Endoh
Paul Goyette
Dave Huang
Ken'ichi Ishazaka
Ken Nakata
Bob Nestor
Bill Studenmund
Colin Wood
Michael R. Zucca
If you discover any problems, I _strongly_ encourage you to file a problem
report using the send-pr(1) command. If you are unable to use send-pr, or
if you'd like additional information about submitting and updating problem
reports, see:
http://www.netbsd.org/Misc/send-pr.html
Best regards,
--scott