Re: CVS commit: src

[Michael Graff <explorer%flame.org@localhost>]

Jason Thorpe <thorpej%nas.nasa.gov@localhost> 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?