Re: Got a Mini...

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 22:49:22 +0100
David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> wrote:

> On 11 August 2017 at 21:56, Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:23:15 -0400
> > Joe Nosay <superbisquit%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >  
> > > How far along is NetBSD with multi-booting other systems on a PPC
> > > machine?  
> >
> > I have both OSX and NetBSD on the same disk. It is possible to
> > fiddle things in a way to make OF's built in boot selector see a
> > netbsd installation but so far it has to be done by hand. All mine
> > have auto-boot? set to false and I just type the appropriate boot
> > command. 
> > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>
> > > wrote:  
> > > > - with no extra options xf86-video-radeon will not detect the
> > > > monitor ( using the DVI input on mine ) and output looks
> > > > scrambled but Option "MacModel" "mini-internal" fixes that. The
> > > > man page claims that the driver will detect the model
> > > > automatically on Linux
> > > > - I'll teach it to do the same on NetBSD ( it's probably just
> > > > reading some OF properties ). With that option the connector
> > > > list changes to this:
> > > > [   453.272] (II) RADEON(0): Port0:
> > > > [   453.272]   XRANDR name: DVI-0
> > > > [   453.272]   Connector: DVI-I
> > > > [   453.272]   CRT2: INTERNAL_DAC2
> > > > [   453.272]   DFP2: INTERNAL_DVO1
> > > > [   453.272]   DDC reg: 0x6c
> > > > [   453.272] (II) RADEON(0): Port1:
> > > > [   453.272]   XRANDR name: S-video
> > > > [   453.272]   Connector: S-video
> > > > [   453.273]   TV1: INTERNAL_DAC2
> > > > [   453.273]   DDC reg: 0x0
> > > >   ... teaching radeonfb the same trick shouldn't be hard.  
> >
> > Did some hacking, now I get this:
> > [    67.072] (EE) model PowerMac10,2
> > [    67.072] (==) RADEON(0): Detected Mac Mini with external DVI.
> > [    67.072] (II) RADEON(0): If this is not correct, try Option
> > "MacModel" and consider reporting to the
> > [    67.072] (II) RADEON(0): xorg-driver-ati%lists.x.org@localhost mailing
> > list. [    67.073] (II) RADEON(0): I2C bus "DVO" initialized.
> > [    67.073] (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DVO:RADEON DVO Controller"
> > registered at address 0x70.
> > [    67.073] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 using monitor section
> > Monitor0
> > [    67.073] (II) RADEON(0): I2C bus "DVI-0" initialized.
> > [    67.073] (II) RADEON(0): Output S-video has no monitor section
> > [    67.074] (II) RADEON(0): Port0:
> > [    67.074] XRANDR name: DVI-0
> > [    67.074]   Connector: DVI-I
> > [    67.074]   CRT2: INTERNAL_DAC2
> > [    67.074]   DFP2: INTERNAL_DVO1
> > [    67.074]   DDC reg: 0x6c
> > [    67.074] (II) RADEON(0): Port1:
> > [    67.074]   XRANDR name: S-video
> > [    67.074]   Connector: S-video
> > [    67.074]   TV1: INTERNAL_DAC2
> > ... and working monitor detection etc.
> >  
> 
> I think the correct phase is "most excellent!" :)

Thank you, Mr Burns!
Now I need to play the same trick on radeonfb.

have fun
Michael