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List:       netbsd-port-sparc
Subject:    Re: Do we have a cgfourteen hacker in the house?
From:       woods () weird ! com (Greg A !  Woods)
Date:       2000-05-22 22:28:37
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[ On Monday, May 22, 2000 at 11:14:54 (-0700), Erik E. Fair wrote: ]
> Subject: Do we have a cgfourteen hacker in the house?
>
> I tried the undef'd code for 24bpp (cg8 emulation) in 
> sparc/dev/cgfourteen.c and it failed. I've filed PR port-sparc/10170 
> that describes the experience, in hopes that someone else here has 
> the requisite experience working on graphics drivers needed to make 
> this actually work. I've got the hardware and can test kernels pretty 
> much all day long...

I seem to recall rumours that the original X11R{4,5,6} (not sure which)
Xsun24 worked fine with 24bpp on sparc-20s under SunOS-4 (and maybe
Solaris).  Perhaps if you can find someone to confirm/deny this the
problem could be fingered a little more directly.

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