On 2003-10-10 anandlalgondar@hotmail.com wrote:

> (Related to C&T 69030 HiQVideo on MIPS Target Board)

> Is there any reference driver in NetBSD that jumps directly on the Graphics
> mode and supports the Text console on the Graphics mode.
>
> I am still not clear how to make my framebuffer driver as the console.
> Because in linux there is this file "console.c" which interacts with
> "fbcon.c" (Generic Framebuffer Interface) and which in turn interacts with
> the chip specific drivers like "amifb.c" atafb.c" etc (all are specific to a
> chip). There are some more added functions for the Generic Framebuffer Layer
> with file names as "fbcon-*.c".

  As far as I know (which could easily be wrong) the closest NetBSD has to
this is the "bicons" driver under dev/hpc.

Matthew Orgass
darkstar@city-net.com