Subject: Re: GPE or Opie
To: None <port-hpcmips@netbsd.org>
From: Valeriy E. Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 02/12/2004 14:47:30
Florian Cramer <cantsin@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

> While Opie on the other hand is very usable, it runs not on X, but
> on the Linux framebuffer devic.  Unless somebody implements a
> Linux-compatible framebuffer device (i.e. kernel-level graphical
> console) for NetBSD, Opie [or Qtopia, on which it is based] won't
> run.

I'd rather see a wscons driver for Qt/Embedded, than bolting on Linux
FB to the kernel.  I had a brief look at Qt/Embedded source and I
think it shouldn't be hard.  Especially since cross-compilation from a
faster box is possible, which should reduce build times significantly.

SY, Uwe
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