Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 04/20/1999 12:32:02
Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> writes:
> > ... it seemed like it would be nice if X worked `out of the box'
> > on alpha too. We will have 1.4 users for A LONG TIME, and I was kind
> > of planning on building X against 1.4 in the coming year if we made
> > worthwhile enhancements that didn't require kernel mods.
>
> ...um... The only reason it's needed on the x86 is because the X server
> needs to mmap /dev/mem to get at the frame buffer.
>
> On NetBSD/alpha, you actually mmap the frame buffer, and thus don't
> need permissions to get at /dev/mem.
So, why can't the x86 port have a little vga device that exports video
memory, too?