Subject: Re: Help?
To: Matthew Kolb <muk@msu.edu>
From: R. Tyler Ballance <tyler@ekkobsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/19/2004 16:08:28
Do keep in mind however, OpenBSD's X tree is pretty hacked (from my perspective)
If I had an Ultra 5 (not hinting) i'd be up for hacking some of their drivers,
but here's a link to where I think the drivers would be, maybe somebody can
diff ours vs. theirs
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/X11/xc/programs/Xserver/hw
-Tyler
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R. Tyler Ballance
NetBSD-FreeBSD-L4::Pistachio
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From: Matthew Kolb <muk@msu.edu>
To: port-sparc64@netbsd.org
Sent: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:35:54 -0400
Subject: Re: Help?
> On Jul 19, 2004, at 5:09 PM, R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
>
> > Isn't this more of an XFree86 problem than a port-sparc64 problem? I
> > mean,
> > given that it does relate very,very much, wouldn't it take someone who
> > can
> > hack Xfree86 drivers, and sparc64 hardware?
> >
> > Of course, if you could get me a hold of a similar Ultra5, with the
> > specified
> > graphics card.....I'd be willing to give it a go :-P
>
> As an aside, it is probably worth noting that OpenBSD has a working
> X server for this hardware. I have been running it for a while now
> (I have several Ultra 5s).
>
> If someone wanted to get going on it, the OpenBSD stuff might be a
> place to start.
>
> ./muk
>
> --
> m. kolb <muk@msu.edu>
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