The XFree86 4.x kit has a driver for the Newport graphics interface on
the Indy.  I have tried it with linux and have had success.  Does
XFree normally need patching for NetBSD?  Might it just work?

--
Ian Cooper
ian@wpi.edu

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:56:50 +0100 (MET)
> From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
> To: hendrik@scholz.net
> Cc: port-sgimips@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Indy success
>
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Hendrik Scholz wrote:
> > Hubert: The -G tuning helped and it boots the system off the disk
> > with the original boot file and your sgiboot.
>
> I.e. it works with -G0, but doesn't work with -G128?
>
>
> > If there is anything I can do to contribute to NetBSD tell me.
>
> Um, get X going? 8-)
>
> I hear that XFree has some support to run on Linux, maybe we (you :-) can
> work on providing the same interface from NetBSD?
>
> How about other drivers - sound comes to mind? I also have a cam... :-)
>
>
>  - Hubert
>
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