Subject: Re: current jornada 720
To: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: port-hpcarm
Date: 02/26/2002 07:39:06
Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>  wrote:
 > Provided that a reasonable /dev/fb exists for NetBSD/hpc{arm,mips,sh} for
 > appropriate machines, a standard linear framebuffer X server should work.  I
 > think the only thing really `special' to the linux iPAQ X server is the
 > special on-screen keyboard functionality, which the 720 doesn't need (of
 > course).
 > 
 > Pretty much all these devices have simple mappable linear framebuffers;
 > hpcboot contains code to find the fb and make its address/size available to
 > NetBSD.

Cool.  When will you be finished?

Can you do it by next week?  I might be making a trip somewhere and
having X on my Jornada would be really helpful..

Thanks Todd!  :-)  :-)