Subject: Re: SS20 NetBSD kiosk?
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Sven Rosiers <sven_rosiers_040803@pandora.be>
List: port-sparc
Date: 08/03/2004 22:57:57
der Mouse wrote:
>>I understand that the dual hypersparcs are supported in 2.0, but I'm
>>unsure about the onboard cg14 graphics.
>
> For what value of "supported"? My 20-with-cg14 certainly works, in
> that I have X running with both 8bpp and 24bpp windows; the technology
> exists. Last I heard, NetBSD's X on SPARC hadn't picked it up, though.
> (And not even my code uses the acceleration that I understand the cg14
> has, because I have no documentation on it.)
>
Hmm, it would certainly have to do X. But if the cg14 is unaccelerated
then it's probably to slow for an X-based web browser (think something
mozilla derived, most likely), or not?
Sven R.