Re: X.org and A1200 AGA Graphics

[Jukka Andberg <jukka.andberg%welho.com@localhost>]

David Brownlee wrote Fri, 8 Oct 2021 10:23:44 +0100:
> On Mon, 20 Sept 2021 at 07:06, Jukka Andberg <jukka.andberg%welho.com@localhost> wrote:
> > Frank Wille wrote Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:56:55 +0200:
> > > As far as I remember it is also not so easy to implement wsfb for AGA,
> > > because of the planar display hardware. Maybe monochrome could be done
> > > without too much effort...
> > >
> > > You would probably need a new Xamiga, based on X.org, which is a lot of
> > > work.
> >
> > I did some work on it a bit earlier this year to get it working in monochrome.
> > More than that seems lots of work as you say.
> >
> > It's in -current now if somebody wants to try.
> 
> How hard would it be to pull up into -9?

It shouldn't be a big deal, there were only small kernel changes. 
But I'd like to see somebody else besides me to test it out from current
before considering netbsd-9.

> (And to what paypal or similar address can I send a small "thanks" :-p)

How about a test report to port-amiga? :)

--jukka