[PATCH] Switch ofw_console(4) to callout(9)

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 08/28/14 18:14, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Aug 28, 2014, at 2:44 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 03:39:20PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
>>> This patch switches the ofw_console driver from timeout(9) to callout(9).
>>> The patch is against HEAD but it probably applies to 9 and 10.
>> On 11.0-CURRENT powerpc r266314M:
>>
>> $ man ofw_console
>> No manual entry for ofw_console
>>
>> I don't think you can call it ofw_console(4) just yet. ;-)
> It's a driver in the kernel and those are section 4. :)
>
>>> Please test with INVARIANTS enabled.
>> What are the exact test steps that would be useful for you?
> Just making sure it works?  I'm not sure how you force it as the console device or if it's just a matter of enabling it in /etc/ttys and then making sure you can interact with it ok as a console.
>

You can test it by setting hw.syscons.disable=1 if you are using 
syscons. I'm not sure if there's an equivalent for vt. It hasn't really 
worked right on PPC for some time, however, and might work better on sparc.
-Nathan