Re: J5000 LCD heartbeat
On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 10:33:24PM +0000, David Pye wrote:
> The other thing is that the kernel version which is displayed on the lcd by
> default is overwritten partly by a:
>
> INI CC01
>
> It's not a huge issue for me, as I can overwrite it again by echo'ing my
> message into /proc/pdc/lcd post boot.
This is the firmware showing the "Chassis Log" as emitted by the kernel.
Some platforms (e.g. A500/rp2470) use chassis logs to set the LED
properly.
> Is it possible to make the write to the display later in the boot process, so
> it occurs after the INI CC01 is printed?
I would think it's possible.
You want to track down where the CC01 chassis_log is emitted then
propose a better place to initialize LED display?
Another idea is the chassis log code might want to clear the LED
diplay when displaying a chassis log and then a few seconds later
refresh the LED display with the original contents or something.
> (Incidentally, the INI CC01 is only on the screen - /proc/pdc/led returns the
> normal kernel version - I assume this is because the message was printed by
> the hardware, itself?)
The firmware. IIRC, /proc/pdc/led just returns a cached value.
thanks,
grant
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