Re: Tinyx wscons 0.4

Hello,

On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 06:16:39 +1000
Nat Sloss <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just thought I'd post a mention about tinyx-wscons.
> 
> It works for 1bpp 4bpp 8bpp on up displays and is very fast.
> 
> It doesn't support many modern features such as GL/GLX or DRI.

Interesting, it's basically kdrive with only dumb fb support.

> It may need some work for other platforms though other than amd64/i386/m68k as 
> I dont have the hw to test others. It sould work on all with a wsfb framebuffer 
> wscons keyboard and mouse.

I don't see hardware cursor support - there are quite a few fb drivers
that support it and it saves a lot of fb updates.

have fun
Michael