Re: NetBSD/atari Xserver (Was: pushing netbsd-5)

Julian Coleman <[email protected]> Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:38:14 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.atari
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

> 	On another topic - it looks like a working Xserver would
> 	be quite a compelling factor for NetBSD/atari users.
 
> 	XF68_FBDev is a 'raw' framebuffer driver. The two options
> 	would be to port it forward to the latest xorg, or adjust
> 	the atari grf device to we wsdisplay compatible so it could
> 	run the generic wsdisplay Xserver.

I think porting wscons should be the way to go.  We will need to teach it
to understand interleaved pixel layout to support the native resolutions.
Unaccelerated drivers for add-on cards should be easy with wscons though.
Accelerated drivers depend on support in X for the chipset.

Thanks,

J

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