On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 03:06:22PM +0100, Guido Guenther wrote:
> > Definitly ? Mind sending me (the list) the patches too ?
> an old version is at:
> http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/~agx/linux-mips/unsorted-patches/newport-dont-crash-i2-2001-03-25.diff
> This currently doesn't apply cleanly due to the arch/mips/kernel/sgi to
> arch/mips/sgi-ip22 movement, but that's just a one line change. I'll
> update it when back home.
It solved the issue ... Here is the patch against current cvs
Index: arch/mips/config.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/linux/arch/mips/config.in,v
retrieving revision 1.154.2.3
diff -u -r1.154.2.3 config.in
--- arch/mips/config.in 2001/12/11 18:39:48 1.154.2.3
+++ arch/mips/config.in 2001/12/13 18:10:33
@@ -556,11 +556,10 @@
comment 'SGI Character devices'
if [ "$CONFIG_VT" = "y" ]; then
tristate 'SGI Newport Console support' CONFIG_SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE
- if [ "$CONFIG_SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE" != "y" ]; then
- define_bool CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE y
- else
+ if [ "$CONFIG_SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE" = "y" ]; then
define_bool CONFIG_FONT_8x16 y
fi
+ define_bool CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE y
fi
endmenu
fi
Index: arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-setup.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/linux/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-setup.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
diff -u -r1.1.2.1 ip22-setup.c
--- arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-setup.c 2001/12/07 15:45:29 1.1.2.1
+++ arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-setup.c 2001/12/13 18:10:33
@@ -182,19 +182,23 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_VT
#ifdef CONFIG_SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE
- conswitchp = &newport_con;
+ if( mips_machtype == MACH_SGI_INDY ) {
+ conswitchp = &newport_con;
- screen_info = (struct screen_info) {
- 0, 0, /* orig-x, orig-y */
- 0, /* unused */
- 0, /* orig_video_page */
- 0, /* orig_video_mode */
- 160, /* orig_video_cols */
- 0, 0, 0, /* unused, ega_bx, unused */
- 64, /* orig_video_lines */
- 0, /* orig_video_isVGA */
- 16 /* orig_video_points */
- };
+ screen_info = (struct screen_info) {
+ 0, 0, /* orig-x, orig-y */
+ 0, /* unused */
+ 0, /* orig_video_page */
+ 0, /* orig_video_mode */
+ 160, /* orig_video_cols */
+ 0, 0, 0, /* unused, ega_bx, unused */
+ 64, /* orig_video_lines */
+ 0, /* orig_video_isVGA */
+ 16 /* orig_video_points */
+ };
+ } else {
+ conswitchp = &dummy_con;
+ }
#else
conswitchp = &dummy_con;
#endif
Flo
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