Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:44:27 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: William Bradford <mrbill@frenzy.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetBSD (and FreeBSD) video support Message-ID: <21930.898728267@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jun 1998 01:17:49 CDT." <19980624011749.E21834@frenzy.com>
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> Does NetBSD 1.3.2 (and therefore FreeBSD) support the Matrox Millenium > PCI-bus video card under X? If it does, I can get this horrid AlphaLinux > monstrosity off my machine... 8-) Nope. CGD sent me a really nice detailed message (which I have yet to reply to - oops!) detailing why XFree86 servers weren't proving to be very portable to the Alpha hardware platform without lots and lots of compat hacks which, apparently, the Linux folks have done. Whether we or NetBSD will ever manage this (without gagging) is an open question. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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