Subject: Re: SPARCbook and XFree86
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Christer O. Andersson <christer@a-son.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/29/2006 22:08:31
On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 11:59:44PM -0500, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just added hardware support for
> - clipping
> - line drawing
> - mono-to-colour expansion
> to the pnozz driver. Please test it and tell me if anything doesn't work
> as it should. Since (almost) all non-antialiased text drawing is now
> done by the blitter a speedup should be fairly noticeable.
> 
> have fun
> Michael

Hello,

I now have a SparcBook 3TX running:
NetBSD 3.99.15 (TADPOLE3GX) #1: Sun Jan 29 13:03:31 CET 2006

Really nice!

I am typing this from it, via ssh to my normal desktop. Textmode
is really fast, and running mozilla is also a real pleasure, it
renders pages like a champ.

Is it something in particular I can test? So far everything is
working as expected, or perhaps even above expectation :)

I followed your instructions from "Rants & Ramblings", and everything
just worked. I did have to change the symbolic link X to point at
XFree86 though.

Thanks for providing both the support for Tadpole as well as good
instructions for getting it up and running!

-- 
Christer O. Andersson
Odensbacken