[src/netbsd-3]: src/distrib/notes/sparc64 Pull up revision 1.15 (requested by...

[tron <tron%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/077693c350b3
branches:  netbsd-3
changeset: 576191:077693c350b3
user:      tron <tron%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Jun 11 12:23:18 2005 +0000

description:
Pull up revision 1.15 (requested by martin in ticket #436):
First cut at 2.0 -> 3.0 port specific changes

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis |  46 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diffs (56 lines):

diff -r b8db798772f7 -r 077693c350b3 distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis      Sat Jun 11 12:21:57 2005 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis      Sat Jun 11 12:23:18 2005 +0000
@@ -1,33 +1,25 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.14 2004/06/12 06:01:42 mbw Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.14.2.1 2005/06/11 12:23:18 tron Exp $
 .
 .Nx \*V
-is the third major release for the \*M!
-.Pp
-Some (but not all!) notable \*M-specific improvements include:
+features several \*M-specific bug fixes that greatly improve
+the stability. Besides this, the most visible changes in this
+new release are
 .(bullet
-Support for a number of new models
-.It
-Support for a native serial driver on non-SBUS machines
-.Pq Em sab
-.It
-Support for the SBUS PCMCIA adapter
-.Pq Em nell
-has been completed.
+Full grown framebuffer support for the most popular graphics hardware
+found on supported machines
+.Pp
+These are cgsix, ffb/afb, and ATI based "vga" chipsets.
 .It
-Support for SBUS based audio
-.Pq Em audiocs
-.It
-New generic cycle counter based microtime implementation greatly improves
-microtime(9) for \*M
+Switched to wscons console framework
+.Pp
+This makes USB keyboards/mice fully usable. The above mentioned framebuffer
+drivers also support virtual consoles with wscons - use L1/Stop-F1..Fn to
+switch the console screen to another console-
 .It
-Get rid of all \*M-specific hacks, since the new GNU C/C++ compiler
-now included with 
-.Nx
-no longer has these problems
-.It
-The
-.Xr ofwboot.net 8
-and
-.Xr ofwboot
-programs have been merged
+Switched to XFree86 based X servers
+.Pp
+This means full grown X support for all framebuffers mentioned above, including
+acceleration.
 .bullet)
+Compatibility to the old console framework is still available, as well as
+the old Xsun X server.