Re: NetBSD 1.3 - X on P-IV

[Paul Pledge <pKp%bc.sympatico.ca@localhost>]

On 15-Feb-98, Fergus O'Hea wrote:
>On 14-Feb-98, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if the Picasso IV support in the latest
>>> NetBSD release includes hardware acceleration for
>>> scrolling, blitting, etc?

>>AFAICT, it should.

>>Note that there is 

>>- no PIV support in NetBSD-1.2 (there was only an experimental kernel for
it)

>Yes, I used to use the experimental kernel, and it used to fly
>along!

I would be very interested in switching from m68k linux to netbsd-1.3 if there
is blitter supper for the Picasso 4, there is support the PIV in linux but
only 8bpp and no blitter. Can anyone find out for sure?

Thanks,
Paul



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