Subject: Re: XFree on Alpha [was: Re: xf86config, xf86cfg on alpha (and probably others)?]
To: None <tech-x11@NetBSD.org, port-alpha@NetBSD.org>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@st.mff.cuni.cz>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/29/2006 23:43:01
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 11:02:28AM -0500, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > > Maybe it's time to make XFree86 work on alpha? As far as I can tell
> > > the code is there, probably needs some final touches. Don't look at
> > > me like that, I don't have the hardware ;)
> > 
> > As if I had... Talking to Bernd, he hinted at setting
> > 
> >  	.if ${MACHINE} == "alpha"
> >  	XSERVER_XALPHANETBSD=   yes
> >  	XSERVER_XFREE86=        yes
> >  	.endif
> > 
> > in src/x11/Xserver/Makefile.common, but I'm not (yet) sure what that 
> > actually does, i.e. if it even will install the X server in destdir.
> 
> This will atrempt to build XFree86 via src/x11. build.sh sets will
> complain about extra files in DESTDIR. No idea which drivers it will
> build ( hint: all the SBus ones will be fairly useless ) I think your

No (loadable) drivers - the Xserver will be static.

> best bet is to look at xsrc/xfree/xc/config/cf/*NetBSD* and try to build
> it via make World in xc first, to get things working at all. Prepare for
> some hackery.

This works fine.

Pavel