[Dri-devel] PPC Lockup (ati-pcigart-branch)

[Chris Emerson]

On Friday, 19 Jan 2001, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> >Does that mean the mode/depth set by OF, or the one set by the
> >vmode kernel cmdline option?
>
> The one set by OF. If the video driver supports it (that should be
> the case of most drivers used on ppc with 2.4), any video mode set
> either via cmdline, fbset, etc... or X if X is using fbdev's.

Ok, I think I meet the criteria then.  I'll do some experimentation.

> With a cable from the G4's modem to another modem, and some hackery
> (already present in arch/ppc/xmon/start.c, I suggest you look at that
> file), it's possible but tricky.

Ok.  Is there a fundamental reason which prevents it being possible to
use the USB keyboard, or just hard work?

> >I'm currently running 2.4.1pre7 rsynced from the bk tree.
>
> pre8 is already there ;)

Well, unless there are any vital fixes, I'll hold off for a few days.
:-)

Cheers,

Chris
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