Re: Mostly-new vidcaudio(4) driver

Ben Harris <[email protected]> Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:02:58 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.ports.acorn32
Organization	Linux Unlimited
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

In article <[email protected]> you write:
>I believe the easiest method for detecting 16bit is to actually do what
>RISC-OS does, which is rely on the user setting an entry in the CMOS
>correctly.

Hmm.  That would be nice and simple, and would have the advantage of meaning
that the user's choices for RISC OS would Just Work in NetBSD.  It's
certainly better than forcing 8-bit mode.

<FX: reads RISC OS 3 PRM>

Ooh.  Looks like there are several different ways that 16-bit sound can be
done.  This might be more interesting than I'd thought...

-- 
Ben Harris                                                   <[email protected]>
Portmaster, NetBSD/acorn26           <URL:http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/acorn26/>