On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 20:51 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 12:47 +0200, J. Mayer wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 10:31 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > > console=ttyS0 console=tty0 > > > > Note that the Open-Firmware frame-buffer support is broken in many 2.6 > > > > kernels (I mean on real Macs) > > > > > > How so ? > > > > Well, there have been many issues with frame-buffer in 2.6, not only on > > Mac platform. > > With Open-Firmware frame buffer, I remember the first 2.6 kernels had no > > fb output at all. > > Then came kernels that could display a Tux penguin in psychadelic > > colors, I guess it was drawing in 16 bits mode when the OF frame-buffer > > is 15 bits. > > This has been solved in more recent kernels. I don't remember in which > > version it was fixed (but I think around 2.6.5 or 2.6.6). > > I can easily reproduce this on my Ibook and on my Apple Network Server, > > which means it's not a hardware-dependant bug (Ibook 2 has an ATI > > graphic card, ANS is cirrus-logic) nor it's specific to some OF version > > (ANS one is really old...). > > > > There is now another bug with qemu: with recent 2.6 kernels, the > > frame-buffer is recognized and console is working but it only draws > > characters black on black background, even if I send escape sequences to > > change the drawing color. Note that the penguin is well drawn, in those > > cases. > > If you have an idea of what can cause this, I'd be glad to know it ;-) > > I would say the palette isn't set properly ...
Right, is this set according to some OF properties (which could be a cause of the bug) ? I didn't find anything like this in OF fb code, but I may have missed it.... -- J. Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Never organized _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
