RE: Re: Defaulting WSCONS in NetBSD/amiga GENERIC

I tested WSCONS on Cybervison 64, Cybervision64/3D and Merlin... that works!
> -----ursprüngliche Nachricht-----> Von:  [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> Gesendet: 12.10.2021 22:23 Uhr> An:  [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> Kopie:  [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> Betreff: Re: Defaulting WSCONS in NetBSD/amiga GENERIC
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 at 21:19, Frank Wille wrote:> >> > David Brownlee wrote:> >> > > So, it looks like the following might not be supported by wscons> > > - grf1 & grf2 Retina Z2/Z3> > > - grf3 Cirrus boards> > > - grf4 A2410 video> >> > I'm pretty sure that I added wscons support to grf_cl.c, which means grf3.>> So the WSCONS kernel should probably not be disabling grf3 then?>> > > So a blocker on any change to defauling wscons would be to get those> > > drivers to support wscons, at least for console text (given the X> > > servers we have right now are wscons enabled anyway). Do people have> > > hardware to test changes?> >> > That was exactly my problem, a few years ago. For all other cards I either> > had the hardware myself, or testers at hand. A2410 is extremely rare.>> I think it's a judgement call, but at some point it's better to focus> on a better experience for the hardware people that are using NetBSD> have available, and leave a note for anyone in the future that a> driver would be welcomed... :)>> David
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