Re: dom0 display adapter

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 05:35:19PM +0100, Gerard Lally wrote:
> Would someone kindly recommend a good middle-of-the-road PCI-express
> video card for a NetBSD dom0 under xen 4.5.3 (pkgsrc-2016q2)? I'll be
> working mostly on NetBSD, Slackware and Windows domU, but was thinking
> of using mplayer on the dom0 for music and video. I'm assuming AMD is
> the way to go? Would appreciate some advice before buying.

video is not well supported by NetBSD dom0 at this time.
The main problem is the dri drivers, which interract directly with
uvm(9), bypassing the bus_dma(9) layer. Fixing this is not easy.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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