Re: X.org and A1200 AGA Graphics

[Jukka Andberg <jukka.andberg%welho.com@localhost>]

David Brownlee wrote Sat, 16 Oct 2021 21:16:21 +0100:

> netbsd-9 builds of the WSCONS kernel (from nyftp.netbsd.org) include
> it from a day or so ago, and it will be in NetBSD 9.3 and 10.0
> 
> It would be an interesting project to try to build a kernel which can
> provide the ite interfaces used by the X11R6 x11 drivers as well as
> WSCONS. That would allow the GENERIC kernel to use wscons (for all the
> console styling benefits and Xwsfb usage), while still allowing X11R6
> X binaries to continue to run. Of course the real challange after that
> would be to look to port one or more of the X11R6 X servers to modern
> Xorg :-p

As far as I can remember, ite was not needed for the old X server and 
it was possible to run it with WSCONS kernel (at least with native graphics).

--jukka