Hi Doug, Please use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further questions about the parisc kernel....
On Saturday 08 December 2001 22:45, B. Douglas Hilton wrote: > Maybe I need to compile a kernel then. Is the debian hppa kernel source > package available? I seem to remember reading that the kernel had to > be patched to get it to compile, or has that been fixed? You should use the newest and most recent kernel from CVS (http://www.parisc-linux.org) > Should or does hppa use a kernel framebuffer? Yes, hppa will and can use the framebuffer (stifb) on quite some machines now. > Can I use both graphics cards? Never tested it myself, but I heard that someone had it working. With the linux kernel boot parameter "sti=<x>" you may tell the palinux kernel which of multiple found graphic cards he should use (0=first, 1=second, ...) as default boot device. > What does the "sti" in "sti_console" supposedly abbreviate? :-) STI = Standard Text Interface. It's a firmware interface to access the graphics device on parisc and it's some kind of comparable to the PC BIOS int 0x10 interface. > BTW, I have a HIL keyboard attached, which is an unfamiliar feeling kb > for me, but it seems to work nevertheless. It has a spot where you can > piggyback a mouse on it, which I have a HIL mouse here too. HIL keyboards are supported, but we haven't any HIL mouse driver yet. Currently I use myself an old PC serial mouse instead. > - Doug Helge
