amd64: EFI boot over network try to load kernel from hd0

2017-06-07 Thread Sven-Volker Nowarra
Hi, I setup a PXE boot server, to load my different clients. Now I have 2 single EFI devices, which do not support PXE (both are Macminis). They prefer "EFI" files. Both are capable running 64bit software, but require 32bit EFI loaders. So I added a line in my dhcpd.conf to supply “BOOTIA32.EFI

Boot problem with MBPro 8,2 and OSX/El Capitain and OpenBSD - and workaround

2016-09-24 Thread Sven-Volker Nowarra
Boot problem with MBPro 8,2 and OSX/El Capitain and OpenBSD - and workaround after updating OSX with El Capitain my Linux and OpenBSD partitions wouldn’t boot anymore. Here is how I worked around it: I anyhow had to install fresh OpenBSD 6.0, I re-installed it on a partition of the internal har

Brightness and KBD light (Apple): ukbd.c/wskbd.c to asmc driver?

2014-04-06 Thread Sven-Volker Nowarra
Hi, I am thinking about an approach to set the brightness on my MacBook via standard keyboard keys. I can already call from the commandline "wsconsctl display.brightness=xx", and it will arrive in my asmc.c driver (thanx to Mark's hints). Now I want to use the standard fn-keys on the keyboard.

Re: USB install image for OpenBSD 5.5 - TESTING REQUIRED

2014-03-04 Thread Sven-Volker Nowarra
Works ok for me. Tested on a Lenovo M58, and could go into installation. For those with Mac OSC: to be able to create the USB stick on Macintosh (MBPro), I used these commands (in a Terminal window): bash-3.2$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAMESIZE

kernel / userland communications

2014-02-16 Thread Sven-Volker Nowarra
Hi, I am currently extending my asmc driver (in kernel) to listen to a userland utility (asmcctl). I want to be able to e.g. tell the kernel asmc driver to increase/decrease backlight. Now I need to get this "brightness integer" from userland (everybody should be able to do this without privile

fail to boot snapshot 5.5 on MBPro8,2

2014-02-05 Thread Sven-Volker Nowarra
Hi, I tried to install 5.5 snapshots from 2. Feb and 3. Feb onto my laptop MacBook Pro 8,2 - both failed. Then used an older snapshot from spacehopper.org/mirrmon, which claimed to be 12 days old. Failed as well. MacBook Pro runs perfectly well with 5.4, and 5.5 bsd.rd lets me go into the ins

Re: Apple SMC chip - driver to read sensors and temperatures

2014-02-02 Thread Sven-Volker Nowarra
Thanx for testing the driver. As you say, the driver needs further tweaking. I am in a very preliminary state a ith the coding :-) Your information is valuable for the future process. I would correct the mode line for your model. Need to get the right values for the temps and sensors;-) It is in