Subject: Re: Help?
To: Matthew Kolb <muk@msu.edu>
From: R. Tyler Ballance <tyler@ekkobsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/19/2004 16:08:28
Do keep in mind however, OpenBSD's X tree is pretty hacked (from my perspective) 

If I had an Ultra 5 (not hinting) i'd be up for hacking some of their drivers,
but here's a link to where I think the drivers would be, maybe somebody can
diff ours vs. theirs
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/X11/xc/programs/Xserver/hw

-Tyler

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R. Tyler Ballance
NetBSD-FreeBSD-L4::Pistachio

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Matthew Kolb <muk@msu.edu>
To: port-sparc64@netbsd.org
Sent: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:35:54 -0400
Subject: Re: Help?

> On Jul 19, 2004, at 5:09 PM, R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
> 
> > Isn't this more of an XFree86 problem than a port-sparc64 problem? I 
> > mean,
> > given that it does relate very,very much, wouldn't it take someone who 
> > can
> > hack Xfree86 drivers, and sparc64 hardware?
> >
> > Of course, if you could get me a hold of a similar Ultra5, with the 
> > specified
> > graphics card.....I'd be willing to give it a go :-P
> 
> As an aside, it is probably worth noting that OpenBSD has a working 
> X server for this hardware.  I have been running it for a while now 
> (I have several Ultra 5s).
> 
> If someone wanted to get going on it, the OpenBSD stuff might be a 
> place to start.
> 
> ./muk
> 
> -- 
> m. kolb  <muk@msu.edu>
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