Re: Missing X binary
Jonathan Stone <[email protected]>
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On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 01:12:20 PM PST, David Brownlee <[email protected]> wrote: On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 18:41, Jonathan Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 10:26:24 AM PST, David Brownlee <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like it, technically it should just need someone(tm) with the > time, hardware and inclination to port the acceleration from XXA to > EXA. > > Are the px/pxg/sfb similar to anything else that might be in tree? Probably not, they're for the DEC STAMP/PixelStamp architecture. All these are also supported on TurboChannel Alphas. > Assuming Xwsfb works, then it's probably easier to make a copy of the > Xwsfb driver, then add in the EXA "stuff" (or get a box to macallan@ Last time I was touching that code, pmax was compatible with the vendor (Ultrix) X11 servers, but that was ~20 years ago. The input API was essentially the same user/kernel shared-memory ringbuffer as on 4.BSD vax. What does netbsd/vax use these days?