[parisc-linux] console switching with C160 Hyperdrive option card

[parisc-linux] console switching with C160 Hyperdrive option card

[James P. Kinney III]

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I loaded up the 0.9.3-rc6 iso. Loaded great onto a C160. I have a
Hyperdrive optional graphics card that my A4033A monitor is attached to.
The main Gecko GSC core graphics is not used. I can get a serial console
with no problem.

How do I tell palo to use the Hyperdrive card? 

I tried telling it console=fb0, but never got anything. I tried telling
it sti=1, no luck there. Tried both. 

Suggestions welcome !
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Re: [parisc-linux] console switching with C160 Hyperdrive option card

[Helge Deller]

On Tuesday 11 December 2001 03:55, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> I loaded up the 0.9.3-rc6 iso. Loaded great onto a C160. I have a
> Hyperdrive optional graphics card that my A4033A monitor is attached to.
> The main Gecko GSC core graphics is not used. I can get a serial console
> with no problem.
>
> How do I tell palo to use the Hyperdrive card?
>
> I tried telling it console=fb0, but never got anything. I tried telling
> it sti=1, no luck there. Tried both.
>
> Suggestions welcome !

Hi James,

sti=1 should be the right value if the stifb driver detects and supports your 
hyperdrive. Maybe you could post the boot-messages regarding your 
graphic cards (`dmesg | grep sti`) ?

Helge

Re: [parisc-linux] console switching with C160 Hyperdrive option card

[James P. Kinney III]

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Ah, Ha! Lots of sti stuff in dmesg output. All positive. Found
everything. 

Grabbed a new kernel source from kernel.org and ran make oldconfig. I
think it uses the current running kernel for a starting point.

Looked at the .config file afterwards. No sti frame buffer configured.
Hmm. 

More research. Current firmware is 2.1. Latest firmware from HP is 6.1.
And it "fixes" some 3rd  party graphics card problems.

As soon as I get a blank tape, I'll upgrade the firmware (scary
process!).

Did the sti framebuffer get compiled into the kernel on the 0.9.3-rc6
iso or am I missing something?

On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 03:50, Helge Deller wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 December 2001 03:55, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > I loaded up the 0.9.3-rc6 iso. Loaded great onto a C160. I have a
> > Hyperdrive optional graphics card that my A4033A monitor is attached to.
> > The main Gecko GSC core graphics is not used. I can get a serial console
> > with no problem.
> >
> > How do I tell palo to use the Hyperdrive card?
> >
> > I tried telling it console=fb0, but never got anything. I tried telling
> > it sti=1, no luck there. Tried both.
> >
> > Suggestions welcome !
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> sti=1 should be the right value if the stifb driver detects and supports your 
> hyperdrive. Maybe you could post the boot-messages regarding your 
> graphic cards (`dmesg | grep sti`) ?
> 
> Helge
> 
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Re: [parisc-linux] console switching with C160 Hyperdrive option card

[Matt Taggart]

"James P. Kinney III" writes...

> More research. Current firmware is 2.1. Latest firmware from HP is 6.1.
> And it "fixes" some 3rd  party graphics card problems.
> 
> As soon as I get a blank tape, I'll upgrade the firmware (scary
> process!).

IMHO, updating via bootp/tftp is the easiest way(assuming you have them 
setup). You can also burn the firmware image on a CDROM and boot from that. 
You can even boot it from a harddisk by putting it in the right place (using 
the right dd command).

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Re: [parisc-linux] console switching with C160 Hyperdrive option card

[Grant Grundler]

"James P. Kinney III" wrote:
> Grabbed a new kernel source from kernel.org and ran make oldconfig. I
> think it uses the current running kernel for a starting point.

A) It definitelly does not. You either need to find the config file
from the CD or something else.
B) forget kernel.org. parisc tree is at cvs.parisc-linux.org or
   ftp.parisc-linux.org (nightly cvs snapshots). parisc isn't
   fully merged back into linus's tree.

> Looked at the .config file afterwards. No sti frame buffer configured.
> Hmm.=20

Looking arch/parisc/defconfig:
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_STI=y

you just ahd the wrong source tree.

> More research. Current firmware is 2.1. Latest firmware from HP is 6.1.
> And it "fixes" some 3rd  party graphics card problems.

It fixes alot more than just that.
I believe 2.1 is the original firmware shipped with the machine.
6.1 *will* disable PCI if anything other than an HP PCI grapchis
card is plugged into a PCI slot *and* you have an "old" Dino.

> As soon as I get a blank tape, I'll upgrade the firmware (scary
> process!).

Yes. But you can do it via LAN/bootp too.
Boot the update image just a a kernel image as described
in previous emails to this list (eg NFS root).
(Archive is at lists.parisc-linux.org)

grant