Please forgive my ignorance of all things platform-independent, but=20
what would it take to implement an SVGA server for NetBSD-Alpha?  If=20
Xfree86 claims to have Alpha binaries already, to what platform are=20
they referring?  Linux?  FreeBSD?  (the statement in question is in=20
the release notes at=20
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.5/RELNOTES)

Is it a simple recompile?  I know the answer is 'no', or someone would=20
have done this three years ago...

Dave

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 11/19/99, 4:06:03 PM, Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@dingo.ping.net.au>=20
wrote regarding Re: XFree86 SVGA Server:


> David Hopper wrote
> >
> > According to the XFree86 release notes for 3.3.5, Alpha binaries are=

> > available for a number of display cards.  I have an S3 Virge in an
> > Alphastation 255, but I can't for the life of me find where to get
> > binaries.  The NetBSD directory only has x86 and PC98 servers, and t=
he
> > NetBSD-alpha distribution contains no servers at all.
> >
> > Any ideas where I can find this stuff?

> There are no XServers for generic pci-vga graphics cards available on
> the NetBSD-alpha platform.

> cheerio Berndt
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