On Wed, 10 May 2000, Erik Fair wrote:

# I have a SPARCstation 20 equipped with an 8MB VSIMM for the SX 
# graphics subsystem. NetBSD recognizes it thusly:
# 
# cgfourteen0 at obio0 slot 2 offset 0x0 level 8: cgthree emulated at 
# 1280x1024x8bpp (console)
# cgfourteen0: attached to /dev/fb
# 
# This is actually capable (according to the documentation I have found 
# - mostly the Sun Frame Buffer FAQ) of doing 24-bit deep, but starting 
# Xsun24 only gives me 8-bit windows.

I don't suppose it helps to note that on the NetBSD/sparc supported
hardware list that the cgfourteen/S24/tcx only support cg3 emulation
at the moment.

# 
# What needs to be done to support this 24-bits deep?
# 

I suspect it's a matter of proper memory mapping and shotgun register
debugging, and it's a matter of finding someone with the time and
interest to do so.

#
# The answer(s) should be added to the NetBSD/sparc FAQ...
# 
# 	curious,
# 
# 	Erik <fair@clock.org>
# 


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