Re: X.org and A1200 AGA Graphics

David Brownlee <[email protected]> Fri, 8 Oct 2021 10:23:44 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.amiga
Message-ID <CAGN_6paAsRgJz+UCuD9ZC1c0+Duigxbsd2iy_+x3hadesPtnZw@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 20 Sept 2021 at 07:06, Jukka Andberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Frank Wille wrote Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:56:55 +0200:
>
> > > If so is there anyway to get X Windows going on an Amiga A1200?
> >
> > Not without a supported graphics card. Nobody implemented wsfb(4) for the
> > Amiga's native chipset yet.
> >
> > As far as I remember it is also not so easy to implement wsfb for AGA,
> > because of the planar display hardware. Maybe monochrome could be done
> > without too much effort...
> >
> > You would probably need a new Xamiga, based on X.org, which is a lot of
> > work.
>
> I did some work on it a bit earlier this year to get it working in monochrome.
> More than that seems lots of work as you say.
>
> It's in -current now if somebody wants to try.

How hard would it be to pull up into -9?

(And to what paypal or similar address can I send a small "thanks" :-p)

David