On 06/01/2010 05:01 PM, Lamar Owen wrote:
> > This is a known issue, we still need to write a Python
library for
> > probing the SBUS and hook it into anaconda.
Should it perhaps probe what the OBP reports, walking the OBP's tree?
Yeah, that's pretty much what it does. We have C code that does what we
need, I handed him that and he started porting away.
> > (Ironically, one was written by a co-worker of mine at my
begging, but
> > he managed to lose the final code. He swears he can rewrite it, when he
> > gets a round tuit, but he's a busy guy.)
I've a number of square tuits, but very few round ones.....
I could swear I had more round ones, but they must still be in a moving
box somewhere...
> > You'll also need to be really patient. It takes a long
time for the ESP
> > driver to detect the DVDROM on the bus. If, say, after a few minutes, it
> > still can't find the DVDROM, it would be interesting to see what is on
> > the other ttys... of course, over serial, that isn't going to be
> > practically possible. I suspect we'll need to try to reproduce this
> > failure on a machine with a video head, like an Ultra 1/2.
I have an SBUS framebuffer or two, the I/O cards can use that, and even the
E6500 has a keyboard port.... yes, you can run one in headed mode....I just
have to round up a keyboard extension for Sun....or a Sun to PS/2 adapter (I
think I have that item, if I can round it up).
Hehe, well, that is an option. I wasn't going to suggest it outright. ;)
~spot