Subject: Re: Boot floppy for TC Alpha is available.
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
From: Takuya Koumoto <takuya-k@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/12/1998 11:43:57
> It shouldn't be very hard to get at least cfb (unaccelerated) X
> running on it... You really just need to do the mapping of the
> device, etc., in the X server, and point the X code at the frame
> buffer.
Are the following jobs enough for the initial port?
1. VRAM access
2. Video screen on/off
3. Color map access
4. Mouse cursor access
> Does anybody know if the current xsrc sources work on the Alpha + TGA?
> (I dunno if anything happened because of the wscons code changes.)
It doesn't work with curret kernel on AlphaStation600 with TGA.
Thanks,
Takuya