Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 10:57:28AM +0200, Gert Doering:
> Next question.  On "i386" with "Linux" (or something) usually one doesn't
> need a kernel driver for the graphics card in question to get X11 running.

That is most likely not the case; more likely that you have a kitchen-sink
kerenel that already has the driver or it gets loaded as a module.  There
as to be some driver to control the card.

> If so, which driver entries would one need in the kernel config file?
> The only thing that I can find in 2.0RC4's "GENERIC32" is this:
> 
> ## Sun FFB not supported
> #ffb*           at mainbus0
> #wsdisplay*     at ffb?

both.   ffb drives the card.  see wsdisplay(4)

> John Heasly posted a list of options to set in a similar thread yesterday
> (Subject: NetBSD on Ultra1/170E w/Creator3D), but his changes seem to
> require additional patches (and the links given don't work).

I do not believe so, but I may have missed a piece.  if you contact
me off list, I'll try to help you get it working.