[rescue] useful U30 framebuffer/OBP info
Larry Snyder
rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Sep 4 17:46:01 CDT 2001
There's a FIN (I0618-1) that describes an OBP bug that causes wrong
timings to be used if you tell the obp to use 1024x768x75 and have
a Creator/Elite fb. It sets the refresh rate to 80. The only
reference to OBP versions says it wasn't reproducible w/ 2.9 and
an FFB2+, so I'm not sure if it applies to later versions. I applied
the patch to a flashed 3.27.0 OBP and it didn't hurt. And the VG150
now displays the boot messages just fine. Anyhow, here's the patch:
#!/bin/sh
eeprom fcode-debug?=true
eeprom nvramrc="probe-all
dev /SUNW,ffb at 1e,0
# Note: Use correct path to frame buffer in previous line
base @ hex
patch 46 4b pclk78
base !
device-end
install-console banner"
eeprom use-nvramrc?=true
It's only useful to fix the 1024x768x75 setting. Hope somebody finds
it helpful.
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