Re: PCCONS still needed for Xorg

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 08:34:55AM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> 
> I'm wondering whether PCCONS is still used anywhere (except maybe
> minimal installer floppy, that doesn't run Xorg anyways) or whether we
> can remove it entirely from Xorg.
> 
> In case it's still needed, I'm wondering where exactly the pccons
> ioctl's are defined, so we can at least drop our own hackish definitions.
> 
> 
> thx
> 
> --mtx

pccons was removed from i386 and shark ports.
That leaves NetBSD/arc as its last remaining consumer.

However, not with the GENERIC kernel. Seems you have
to use the PCCONS kernel - NetBSD/arc GENERIC is wscons.

It seems pretty dead.