Re: XdecNetBSD gone from pmax' xserver.tgz in NetBSD 8.x?

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 10:04:25AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> > 1) The installation notes for NetBSD/pmax 8.1 at
> > https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.1/pmax/INSTALL.html say the
> > following:
> > 
> > xserver The X server. This includes the Xpmax server with man page.
> > 
> > Looking at
> > ftp://ftp.dk.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.2/pmax/binary/sets/xserver.tgz
> > it seems to have an X server called XdecNetBSD. The corresponding
> > xserver.tgz in 8.0 or 8.1 has no such file. (And none of them has anything
> > called Xpmax.)
> > 
> > Is the removal of XdecNetBSD from NetBSD 8.x intentional or unintentional?
> > Is there an X server in 8.x, and if so, what is the binary called?
> 
> this is on purpose.  is there an Xorg and wsfb driver?  does
> your system attach a 'wsdisplay'?
> 
> i think this can work with wsfb now days.
> 
> if not, then someone needs to port XdecNetBSD to modern xorg.
> we had one older server ported to xorg 1.10 and then 1.18, but
> it was reverted back to 1.10 when 1.20 removed things it wants,
> until it has been updated.
> 
> ideally, converting the display code into an xf86-video-foo
> driver is preferred (eg, see xf86-video-cg6 for older sparc
> systems), but xf86-video-wsfb should work for most basic
> operations if wsdisplay works.

What is XdecNetBSD for?
Has anyone attempted to upstream it, and has feedback to look at?