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 |
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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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