>
> OK. I rebuilt the kernel -DPORT_BASE=0xB0000000 (since the memory map
> isn't completely working yet), hacked it here and there, and have some
> good news to report:
>
> I have "dim" output! As you likely know, this means that the kernel
> is printing things, and MILO isn't :-).
>
> For those of you that care, the output says:
>
> Console: colour CGA 80x50, 1 virtual console (max 63)
> Life is good [*]
> bios32 is done [*]
> Calibrarting delay loop.. ok 50.08 bogo mips
Aha. 50 Mhz system clock :-)
> keyboard unrecognized scan code (70) ignored
> tty00 at 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
> tty00 at 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
With my 1.2.10.4 patches ? I'm excited !?
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
And again! Thanks for checking it on a non-Magnum :-)
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 600003f2 Opps:
> 00000001
> <register dump>
> [...]
>
> Also, there is something bogus with they keyboard driver, since all
> the keys yield bogus keyscans.
>
> Looks like progress to me :-).
>
In fact! And you were fast too! Congrats!
> Time to checkpoint my changes, and mail them to ralf, along with the
> milo changes. Some of these changes are ugly, but they have gotten me
> this far.
>
> Tasks:
> 0) Make patches for Ralf
I'm not sure about how we handle that. I'm working on patch set #5
(kgdb support and other "minor" changes) so it might also be ok
if you send them to me. Don't know on what Ralf is working right now.
> 1) Work on the memory map
> 2) Work on the "hole" in memory
> 3) Work on the "copy down the exception hanlders" code and
> load the code at 0x80100000
> 4) Play it by ear from here :-)
>
> Thanks for everybody's help to get me here. Looks like I won't need
> the minimal console support after all. A few, well placed debugs
> saved the day.
>
printk() is our best friend. If it's not available, *((char *) 0x...) = 'x'
is also quite nice. But wait for the GDB stub! This works long before
the kernel even thinks about consoles and such :-)
Cheers,
Andy
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