Subject: Re: how far has the sb3 work come?
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Ritzert <mjr@turbo.su.shuttle.de>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/28/1999 11:15:41
Eduardo E. Horvath writes:
>
> > 1280x1024? Most Sun framebuffers - at least the ones I've seen - max
> > out at 1152x900. I've got a bwtwo that supports 1600x1280, and I hear
> > colour exists at that resolution but have never seen it personally (the
> > monitor would surely be mucho $$$, if nothing else). I've seen a
> > framebuffer run at 1024x768, and have seen indications that some do
Is 1024x768 supported by NetBSD, especially its X server? I'm running
NetBSD 1.3.2 on a machine with a cg3 where this resolution can be
enabled with a dip switch. I'd like to attach one of the entry level
LCD panels (which are limited to at most 1024x768) to this box.
> > 1024x1024. I don't think I've ever seen or heard of a Sun framebuffer
> > running 1280x1024, though.
Well, one frame buffer supporting this is the SX, another one is the ZX,
and probably one of the most common ones is the TGX .
The ZX is not supported by Sun anymore and therefore should be
relatively cheap. Is there support for it in NetBSD?
Michael
>
> The new UPA based framebuffers support 1280x1024, and can be placed in that
> mode through setting an OBP entry. But they're limited to working on UPA
> machines.
>
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> Eduardo Horvath eeh@one-o.com
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