Subject: Re: 3.0/cats X server on 3.0/shark
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: tech-x11
Date: 04/21/2006 11:15:02
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Hello,

> > Unlike macppc and sparc, shark uses VGA mode 3 (i.e. text mode)
> > for its console like i386. Can Xwsfb handle it?
>=20
> No, we'd have to add a mode switch to the kernel driver.

And while some drivers ( machfb, voodoofb, probably others ) support
switching video modes they don't support VGA text mode. Maybe we should
just add an ioctl() or two to pass a struct videomode or a string like
"1192x900x76" ? The latter would be matched against the list in
sys/dev/videomode/.

have fun
Michael

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