Subject: Re: X for PMAG-CA?
To: Andy Doran <ad@psn.ie>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@NetBSD.org>
List: port-pmax
Date: 04/29/1999 10:49:44
Andy Doran wrote:
> Maybe we can ship Xpxpmax as unsupported too?
Sounds ok to me.
> > > (They depend on rather extensive retructuring of the rcons blitting
> > > code, and those missed the 1.4 cutoff deadline).
>
> > I'll plan on doing this. Please yell and jump if I don't include a
> > -current GENERIC kernel in installation/misc. Hmm, do we want an
> > install kernel that understands the PMAG-C? That could start to get
> > messy.
>
> Hmm. An INSTALL kernel would be nice, no? Do we want -current, or patched
> 1.4 kernels?
I was thinking -current kernels - how much work would it be to
back-patch everything to 1.4? You'd still be able to install by
netbooting off an NFS root filesystem. I'll have a look at how
much work it is to build a proper install kernel.
Simon.