[okl4-developer] framebuffer console inside okl4 and neo1973

Dennis Gessner d.gessner at sirrix.com
Sat Jan 19 02:21:35 EST 2008


Hi,

right now, I try to get okl4 working inside my neo1973 device. After
some pre-work and testing, I got the kernel booting and it's possible to
conenct to the serial interface via the debug-board, so I can use the
normal busybox-features aso.
Also it's possible to get something to the fb ..

i.e. cat /bin/busybox >/dev/fb0

The question is now, what do I need to do, to get the console using the
fb. Normally, I would use the kernel-parameter "vga=0x301" inside the
bootloader (in this case - u-boot), so the kernel would automatically
put his output to the framebuffer (if he has FB-support enabled inside
the kernel). After trying this, I realized, that my parameter does not
reach the kernel

cat /proc/cmdline

produces:
igms_name=ramdisk

And nothing with my "vga=0x301".

Thanks in advance.

Dennis



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