On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Michael Wolfson wrote:

> At 10:53 PM +0000 2/14/00, David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> :)	It looks like its supported in -cuurebt - have you tried a
> :)	recent sparc snapshot?
> 
> I just tried -current as of yesterday using the TADPOLE3GX config file.
> Serial ports do not work.  External keyboard does, but external mouse does
> not (and I *hate* that little joy pointer thing ;).  Internal modem does
> not work.
> 
	That sounds like a (small) step forward :)

> I tested using kermit on slowlaris and NetBSD.  Under NetBSD, kermit
> reported it didn't get a carrier detect from either serial port, and no
> data was transmitted or received.  As to the internal modem, when I tried
> using kermit to /dev/ttyc or /dev/ttyd it reported device not configured.
> I'm assuming here that the internal modem would be attached to ttyc.  Under
> slowlaris, I connect to /dev/cua/c and can send AT commands to the modem
> and get normal responses.
> 
	What does dmesg report?

> Under slowlaris, external mouse and keyboard work fine.
> 
> I'd be happy to run some openboot commands and/or weird probing software if
> someone wants to try out theories on how to get serial stuff working.
> 
> Also, I realized why 1.4.2_ALPHA doesn't support tadpoles in the GENERIC
> kernel -- the tadpole patches haven't been pulled into the release tree
> yet.  This should definitely go on the list of supported models as "only
> under -current".
> 
	Something to note on the webpage.

> BTW, as to suspend/resume, is there anything in the works to support
> non-intel hardware?  I know sparc, macppc, mac68k, and a bunch of other
> platforms support laptops.  They'd be a lot more useful as laptops (as
> opposed to portable desktops) if we didn't have to reboot every time
> they're moved.
> 
	I know someone (garbled?) did some work on apmd for sparc and
	similar, maybe he could comment further?