Subject: Re: wscons, TADPOLE3GX
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/26/2006 21:40:11
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Michael Lorenz wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to change the TADPOLE3GX kernel config to build a wscons kernel
> by default, like KRUPS does.
> Then it may be useful to provide a kernel config ( derived from GENERIC
> ) which builds a wscons kernel and includes all display drivers which
> currently support that ( for now that's pnozz and cgsix ) - mainly to
> make it more apparent that we /can/ run wscons at least on some hardware
> and of course to encourage people with the right hardware to convert
> more display drivers to wscons.
>
> Before anyone asks - all my sparcs run wscons ;)
>
> Oh, and the other reason for wscons - it will allow you to run XFree86
> which now includes hardware-accelerated drivers for pnozz and cgsix.
>
> So, any objections against changing TADPOLE3GX?

 	How close would you think we are from GENERIC with wscons and
 	an alternative non wscons kernel?

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