From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id FAA11452 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 05:04:18 -0600 Message-Id: <200008160507.WAA05808@milano.cup.hp.com> To: Mike Hibler Cc: matthew@wil.cx, steve@silug.org, parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] HP 9000/735 systems.... In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:00:50 PDT." <200008151900.NAA08567@fast.cs.utah.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:07:16 -0700 From: Grant Grundler List-ID: Mike Hibler wrote: > Odds should be quite good. The HP-UX compatibility code that is in the > Mach port was sufficient to run the HP Xserver of that era (circa HP-UX 9.x). > Working on HP-UX compatibility mode would seem like a much better use of > time than trying to write an Xserver for N different HP video cards. This sounds like a good plan to follow. Who can do this or who can "borrow" code from the Mach to make this work? I'm pretty sure this is the quickest/easiest way to get something working since I've seen it working already. > OTOH, if HP is as committed to Linux as they appear to be, then maybe their > X11 group will just port their server to PA Linux and make it available! I wouldn't count on it. They might. But generally, supporting parisc-linux is not the same priority as IA64-linux. And despite pretty deep pockets, HP does not have infinite resources to do everything. grant Grant Grundler Unix Systems Enablement Lab +1.408.447.7253