>Will having the ws interface allow people to use the currently
>unsupported framebuffers with the current DEC Xws X server?  I guess
>that we may never get console support for some of these framebuffers,
>but would it be as simple as (say) having a serial console, and firing
>up the X server?

There would need to be some kernel support -- enough of a driver
to support mmap()ing the board's resources -- but that was the idea,
yes.  Using sfb  accelerator support from an Ultrix Xws server should
also be possible, if you don't mind the X11R5-based Ultrix servers :).