Re: [Qemu-devel] Sparc32 network problems

["Blue Swirl" <blauwirbel@gmail.com>]

On 6/10/07, Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@web.de> wrote:
>
> Am 10.06.2007 um 17:49 schrieb Blue Swirl:
>
> > On 6/9/07, Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@web.de> wrote:
> >> Is Debian correct is saying that TCX supports 8-bit only? Don't we
> >> have 15, 16 and 32 bit there, too?
> >> I modified xorg.conf to use suntcx instead of sunffb; depths of 24,
> >> 16 and 15 did not work, with 8 bit I got the Blue Swirl. ;-) Looks a
> >> little ugly at 8bpp, and without Lance working I can't use XDMCP or
> >> VNC instead.
> >
> > I'm not sure if there is anything else besides the 8 and 24-bit modes,
> > only those are implemented.
>
> Does that mean the 15, 16, 32 is dependent on the host?

No, my understanding is that TCX doesn't have those modes at all.

> > To get the 24-bit mode you have to add -g
> > 1024x768x24 to the command line. Otherwise the device is the 8-bit
> > version.
>
> Then please add this to the documentation! That currently only
> mentions -g WxH for the size (and when I last tried with a lower size
> it resulted in the text being cut off).

Good point. The resolution is currently hardcoded in OpenBIOS.