Re: Atari TT

[Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>]

Michael Schmitz dixit:

>Video, in this case. 
>
>> gemini8, can you answer this?

I got told this: “I get messages both on-screen and via serial console.
I get just the serial output without -s in bootstraps.
This behaviour is with every kernel I tested so far.”

>> Unsurmountable. But what I meant is that I can’t just hop
>> over and hack together on it.
>
>Sure - but you could at least eventually drive there, travel by rail,

Right, if not for monetary issues.

>Once it's installed and running with network that'll be another
>matter. 

That would also involve the need for portforwarding,
which doesn’t seem to be easy at his location.

Anyway, we don’t really just need the serial output
for the read-only filesystem issue but the video output,
@gemini8.

>> putting it into a(nother) branch off Geert’s, so we
>> don’t lose it again ☺
> 
>That's not how it works - Geert has good reason not to accept every patch I

Right, but…

>send in. Patches usually go to linux-m68k for review anyway, so the list
>archives there should serve as a backup. 

… I meant, so that someone knows these patches exist and
need to be processed with some urgency.

>I'll resend the network driver patches - slightly updated. I'll also add the
>USB patch (that one still needs major cleanup). That should be a good base
>to work from. 

OK, I’ll eagerly await review then ;-)

bye,
//mirabilos
-- 
I want one of these. They cost 720 € though… good they don’t have the HD hole,
which indicates 3½″ floppies with double capacity… still. A tad too much, atm.
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