Re: Tinyx wscons 0.4
Nat Sloss <[email protected]> Sat, 8 Jun 2024 10:23:14 +1000
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Hi,
>Is this just ("just", heh) a wscons ddx layer for MIT X, or is it cut
>down further, or is it based on some other code, or is it a completely
>new implementation, or what?
Its a wscons ddx layer for MIT X.
Back in the late 90s early 2000s I remember using Xvesa on linux which ran
great on a 16MB 486. I needed something similar for my Powerbook due to low
memory.
The stock x11 with NetBSD required too many resources and ran too slow on the
Powerbook.
So I thought it would be great to have Xvesa equiv for NetBSD.
Tiny core linux had the Xvesa and Xfbdev X servers with an automake/autoconf
setup. So I forked it and added the missing components for NetBSD (keyboard,
mouse, wscons framebuffer support).
That's how it happened.
Best regards,
Nat
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Hi,</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><span style=" font-family:'Courier New,courier';">>Is this just ("just", heh) a wscons ddx layer for MIT X, or is it cut</span></p>
<pre style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><span style=" font-family:'Courier New,courier';">>down further, or is it based on some other code, or is it a completely</span></pre>
<pre style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><span style=" font-family:'Courier New,courier';">>new implementation, or what?</span></pre>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Its a wscons ddx layer for MIT X.</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Back in the late 90s early 2000s I remember using Xvesa on linux which ran great on a 16MB 486. I needed something similar for my Powerbook due to low memory.</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">The stock x11 with NetBSD required too many resources and ran too slow on the Powerbook.</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">So I thought it would be great to have Xvesa equiv for NetBSD.</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Tiny core linux had the Xvesa and Xfbdev X servers with an automake/autoconf setup. So I forked it and added the missing components for NetBSD (keyboard, mouse, wscons framebuffer support).</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">That's how it happened.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Best regards,</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Nat</p></body></html>
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