Re: NetBSD/bebox binary snapshot

[sakamoto%cec.co.jp@localhost (Kazuki Sakamoto)]

<199802212221.QAA01067%lotharon.endicor.com@localhost>
tsarna%endicor.com@localhost wrote:

 > I tried the snapshot on a friend's BeBox (Dual603-66) w/ Matrox
 > Millenium, and it wasn't able to use the video console (as expected,
 > looking at vreset.c).  Is there anything we can to do help make it work
 > with this card?

The code to make it the 80x25 TEXT mode that the manual and
the source code of XFree86 were referred to is necessary.

# The best way of solving it is to emulate VGA BIOS.
# This method will be able to be used with VIDEO board which has VGA BIOS.

Or, we should write console driver to use the mode that logo of Be is
indicated as Boot Drive Setup.

Kazuki Sakamoto
sakamoto%cec.co.jp@localhost