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Re: No libfb.so module in netbsd-10 on HAVE_XORG_SERVER_VER=110 ports?



On Sun, 28 Jan 2024, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:

> > odd.  i plan to switch netwinder and alpha to xorg 1.20 btw,
> > and i believe vax can also switch.  AFAICT, sgimips is the
> > only port with actual users that need xorg 1.10 -- we'll
> > lose alpha turbochannel fb support, but i have not been able
> > to find anyone using it, and the rest seem to work.  so, vax
> 
> As of turbochannel... VAX can have that as well. I actually happen to
> have a turbochannel bus adapter, that could be equipped with some
> regular TC graphics board, though I haven't (yet?) ever tried to get
> that to work. Would we loose that as well?

 FWIW VAX firmware knows nothing about TC framebuffers (of course embedded 
REX tests can be run), but hardware is compatible and I was able to get OS 
console (glass TTY) output with one of the heftier SFB+ variants, possibly 
ZLX-E3 aka PMAGD-CA, with my 4000/90 box booting Linux.  I guess I could 
try it with NetBSD sometime, but I yet need to figure out how to make the 
4000/90 boot the system more than once in the first place (and it won't 
happen soon, sorry).

  Maciej


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