Re: native Xorg now used by default on some platforms

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hello,

On Nov 9, 2008, at 8:09 PM, matthew green wrote:

> i've removed the MKXORG variable from the build system.  MKX11
> once again controls building X11 or not, and a new X11FLAVOUR
> variable can be set to Xorg or XFree86 to pick which version
> to build.  the default for X11FLAVOUR for the amd64, i386,
> macppc, shark, sparc & sparc64 platforms has been set to Xorg.
> all other platforms still use XFree86 for now.
>
> what does this mean for you?  if you has set MKXORG=yes and
> MKX11=no to get native xorg up to now, you need to switch
> back to MKX11=yes.
>
> i plan to submit this for netbsd-5 shortly, switching the
> default X11 there for the above platforms as well.

Not for sparc please. First, because we still don't have all the old  
sbus video drivers in Xorg, second because it ( like XFree86 )  
requires wscons which still isn't the default here ( mostly because  
nobody with the right hw can be arsed to write wsdisplay drivers )

have fun
Michael