OpenFirmware framebuffer

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 09:07 -0500, Matt Sealey wrote:
> > Send us a copy of your dmesg log. Also, does the pegasos 
> > firmware creates a "display" node in OF with the right type 
> > and properties ?
> 
> dmesg log might be a bit clumsy to get but I will try.
> 
> Please tell me what the display node should have? I can check that. I
> am curious though as it does seem to have worked.. it uses the mode I
> set in firmware, cleans the screen and prints a message to display..
> just not MUCH of a message. With previous "broken" firmware and kernels
> I would get a garbage screen with the chrp_boot messages on it, but
> yesterday this new message (welcome to Linux.. MSR, HID0 printout) was
> a welcome change, but.. not a console so much as "not a blank screen".
> 
> dmws2: the current released firmware doesn't. But I get to test out all
> these new broken features.. :3

Better, send me a firmware image and I'll check what's up on my
pegasos :)

Ben.