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From: mrz5149@rit.cs.rit.edu (M. R. Zucca)
Subject: Re: NetBSD/mak68k: problems with serial overruns, X console
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 05:16:48 GMT
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In article <4l96v0$1go@er6.rutgers.edu>, kenn@eden.rutgers.edu (Ken
Nakata) wrote:
> ] First off, it would be nice if there was a pointer to the XMacBSD hardware
> ] source for the X Server.
>
> Uh... yeah, I'll make it available for the general public once I
> finished the color server.
That sounds a little odd. Isn't it *Net*BSD? Wouldn't you like to have help
with the project? Why would you want to keep code like that tucked away
when other people could be working on improvements too?
> I'm not so sure about this. Our port has nothing (besides XFree86
> team's fixes to the main xc source tree) to do with XFree86. XFree86
> is for i386 Unices, you know?
In my quest for source code I check ftp.netbsd.org and their code points
at the XFree86 site's source which also includes hw source for quite a few
platforms including such strangeties as A/UX but, alas, there was no MacBSD
source.
> Hmm, the internal video's color support has to be done separately from
> the NuBus (or PDS) video's color support, then. I haven't really
> thought of it. Is there an elegant way to accommodate all the
> internal video models? (IIci, IIsi, IIvx, etc.)
If you're just looking to do something like change the CLUT, then the easiest
way is just to pass the base address at startup. If you've got NuBus stuff
working separately then there can only be one Slot 0 internal video to worry
about. If you want to talk about changing modes...that's a whole other story.
I'll have a look at what the Apple_Video_Brazil driver does on my IIvx.
It may or may not be similar to the code for the IIci/IIsi.
> You should subscribe to the port-mac68k list since it's the place
> where people exchange their ideas about improving NetBSD/mac68k (see
> Chris Demetriou's periodical posting "NetBSD mailing lists FAQ" on
> comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce) and information about how to use it.
Thanks, I'll check it out.
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