RomWBW Digital I/O Input at Startup

[wwarthen]

Read Digital I/O settings at startup and use them to determine boot behavior.

Current proposal is:

Switch 0: Enable Autoboot Switch 1: Swap Serial 0 &1 Switch 2-4: Select boot disk unit (0-7) Switch 5-7: Select boot slice number (0-7)

[wwarthen]

Alan pointed out that a switch to choose between serial console and physical kbd/video console would be very useful. That makes a lot of sense.

[wwarthen]

Here is a proposed panel definition:

[wrljet]

Cool!

[b1ackmai1er]

Love it. For me I would prefer normal/safe mode over sec/pri. Very nice concept.

Regards Phil

On Mon, 6 Mar 2023, 7:22 am Wayne Warthen, @.***> wrote:

Here is a proposed panel definition:

[image: Panel] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2546153/222991807-d2f9007d-5872-4c99-b5cd-ee7fc8b32e1b.png

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[wwarthen]

For me I would prefer normal/safe mode over sec/pri.

I did think about that. At present, the switches would be implemented in the ROM Loader. That is too late in the boot process to handle normal/safe boot.

What about using a "special" combination of switches to trigger a safe boot? Something like all switches set (0xFF)?

-Wayne

[b1ackmai1er]

No, go with what you've got. I Like it.

On Wed, 8 Mar 2023, 3:43 am Wayne Warthen, @.***> wrote:

For me I would prefer normal/safe mode over sec/pri.

I did think about that. At present, the switches would be implemented in the ROM Loader. That is too late in the boot process to handle normal/safe boot.

What about using a "special" combination of switches to trigger a safe boot? Something like all switches set (0xFF)?

-Wayne

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[wwarthen]

This issue has been addressed in commit f346209

[MorfeoMatrixx]

Brilliant ! Thanks Wayne for another ROMWBW goody ! Regards, JL.

[wwarthen]

By way of closing the loop here, I have made a slight change to the front panel layout. The intention is to get the console stuff and the boot stuff grouped correctly.

Happy to get further comments.

-Wayne