Subject: Re: wscons support for various framebuffers (questions from NetBSD sparc newbie)
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/05/2007 02:15:56
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Hello,

On Mar 5, 2007, at 01:43, der Mouse wrote:

>>>> I definitely don't want it to be able to read anything but the
>>>> framebuffer hardware through the channels of the proper driver.
>>> I agree with you, and that's one reason I don't run XFree86.
>> Again - it's using /dev/fb*
>
> If it's doing bus enumeration (SBus in this case), I don't care whether
> it's doing it through /dev/fb or routing sockets or what.  That simply
> is not something an X server has any business doing!

And what makes you think it's doing that? Just read the source.

have fun
Michael
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