Subject: Re: Rehash: XFree86 Compiled on NetBSD/Sparc
To: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: port-sparc
Date: 08/13/2002 11:26:03
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 01:28:41AM -0400, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> What's to keep the NetBSD/sparc people from working with the XFree86 folks to
> get the X4 sun* modules from working? It would be nice to standardize X servers.
Short answers: nothing, it's mostly just a matter of coordination and
programing.
Making the wscons console driver work on all sparc{64} systems would be an
important first step, then doing something like /dev/pci as /dev/sbus.
After that, only xsrc configuration hacking remains.
Martin