11 Aug
2012
11 Aug
'12
12:41 a.m.
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:56:13 -0400
"Andrew Lynch" <LYNCHAJ at yahoo.com> wrote:
The plan is to run Linux or NetBSD on the S-100 80386
CPU board which
would also be running the X window server.
If you go NetBSD: There are the wsfb(4)
X-Server and the wsdisplay(4) /
fbdev(4) frame buffer driver. I.e. if you write a kernel level
framebuffer driver for your hardware, the X-Server will work out of the
box. Unaccelerated of course. A wsdisplay(4) / fbdev(4) driver should
be relatively simple. It will also solve the problem of text mode IO on
a non-VGA console. So you are completely free to implement what ever
graphics / framebuffer hardware you want. There is no need for a VGA
compatible register set.
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