Contributed by jose on from the cvs-ci dept.
"-current sparc moved to the wscons framework today. Hopefully this will improve speed and allow for better console access on sparc systems. the major check in , cvs checkin 2 , cvs checkin 3 , and cvs checkin 4 "The wscons(4) driver gives users easier control of the display font, keyboard language, and the like (i386 users already have this). Note that you will have to change your X server according to the first CVS commit message linked here.
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By mirabile () on
Outlook Expreß user, obviously.
Nah, for real: would he force it? I think not,
for various reasons, but we'll see...
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By Miod Vallat () miod@openbsd.org on mailto:miod@openbsd.org
Right now there are a few issues, being worked on, that prevent a sparc snapshot to be published. However, this should be settled in a few days.
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By Warthog () warthog at nospam dot yonderway dot com on mailto:warthog at nospam dot yonderway dot com
To: Miod Vallat
Cc: sparc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: The more sparc changes, the merrier
Date: 13 Aug 2002 10:09:16 -0600
All these changes were unapproved, and I may force them to be backed
out.
> Hello folks,
>
> not only did the sparc port move to ELF yesterday, but it is also
> moving to the wscons console framework, as pre announced some time ago.
> This, too, makes sparc upgrades very difficult.
>
> A new sparc snapshot will be available shortly. Then, an XF4 snapshot
> will be made available - old X servers, even if recompiled as ELF
> binaries, will not run on wscons-capable kernels - sparc systems will
> use the Xwsfb server from now on.
>
> Also, SunOS programs running under emulation that uses the old SunOS
> /dev/fb, /dev/kbd and /dev/ms ioctl interfaces will not run anymore.
> This should only affect software using the old pixrect library.
>
> With this X server change, an /etc/X11/XF86Config file will become
> necessary. Such a file will be provided as part of the xserv31.tgz set,
> and will be adequate for most settings; however, multihead
> configurations will require changes to this file, as will be explained
> in the sparc XF4 installation notes.
>
> Please bear with us for a few days while we are making new, shiny
> snapshots. This is definitely worth waiting for.
>
> Thanks for reading,
> Miod