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author | sobomax <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-09-19 03:22:47 +0000 |
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committer | sobomax <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-09-19 03:22:47 +0000 |
commit | 3cfd06d1a5a81fc5f511f751c93c4e0593ae6151 (patch) | |
tree | a56d18eb9eae51dffb4ae187be52d03616675376 /sys/powerpc | |
parent | 9a16f2d6a79a270e897bcd7c555b5a40837cf116 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-3cfd06d1a5a81fc5f511f751c93c4e0593ae6151.zip FreeBSD-src-3cfd06d1a5a81fc5f511f751c93c4e0593ae6151.tar.gz |
When attaching framebuffer to "/chosen/stdout" node fails, try attaching
to "screen" node directly. The problem is that by default OF on some (all?)
Macs either doesn't provide "/chosen/stdout" or redirects it somewhere,
unless you boot in manual mode via CMD-ALT-O-F. It's nice to see normal
FreeBSD boot output instead of blank gray screen.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/powerpc')
-rw-r--r-- | sys/powerpc/ofw/ofw_syscons.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/ofw/ofw_syscons.c b/sys/powerpc/ofw/ofw_syscons.c index 1296ea6..d93c5bc 100644 --- a/sys/powerpc/ofw/ofw_syscons.c +++ b/sys/powerpc/ofw/ofw_syscons.c @@ -235,8 +235,16 @@ ofwfb_configure(int flags) OF_getprop(chosen, "stdout", &stdout, sizeof(stdout)); node = OF_instance_to_package(stdout); OF_getprop(node, "device_type", type, sizeof(type)); - if (strcmp(type, "display") != 0) - return (0); + if (strcmp(type, "display") != 0) { + /* + * Attaching to "/chosen/stdout" has failed, try + * using "screen" directly. + */ + node = OF_finddevice("screen"); + OF_getprop(node, "device_type", type, sizeof(type)); + if (strcmp(type, "display") != 0) + return (0); + } /* Only support 8 and 32-bit framebuffers */ OF_getprop(node, "depth", &depth, sizeof(depth)); |