Subject: Re: Wscons in NetBSD 3
To: Bruce O'Neel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/31/2006 10:42:06
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Hello,

> > Hmm, the tcx header seems to indicate that there is some sort of
> > blitter but nobody knows how to use it, the XFree86 driver is
> > unaccelerated as well.
>=20
> Am I to read into that last statement that this is interesting in the
> abstract, and required when all the other frame buffers support
> wscons, but performance wise it's a wash? =20

Well, according to the doc der Mouse posted you can accelerate image
copies and block fills in some way, at least the former is interesting
for scrolling which can be painfully slow when done purely by software.

have fun
Michael

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