On 02/09/10 14:33, jf simon wrote: > Alexandre Chartre wrote: >> On sun4v platforms, when Solaris boots, the OBP is removed from >> the memory and you can not used it anymore when Solaris is running. >> This is done in order to properly support virtualization (with >> Logical Domains). >> >> So when there is a frame buffer, the system checks if it has a >> terminal emulator, if not then it switches to the virtual console >> which is accessed using hypervisor calls. > > thanks a lot Alex. this makes a lot of sense. > so i need to beef up my driver console with TEM support. any > ideas where i could find source code example for implementing > these ioctls: > VIS_CONSDISPLAY, VIS_CONSCOPY,VIS_CONSCURSOR and the like?
Sorry, I don't know where you can find examples. alex. > all i could find was the vgatext driver in text mode, but it > doesnt apply to my case where the screen is in graphic mode. > thx >
