Subject: Re: Determining AGP / video card support in NetBSD
To: None <muc-lists-netbsd-help@moderators.muc.de>
From: Michael Core <520079546242-0001@t-online.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/14/2002 00:11:12
Beaker wrote:
> How DOES a user determine AGP support on NetBSD? I looked around in the
> 'supported hardware' section at http://www.netbsd.org/Ports but didn't
> see AGP mentioned.
NetBSD-current has AGP support in general.
man agp(4) mentions following chipsets
- ALI M1541 host-to-AGP bridge
- AMD 751 and 761 host-to-AGP bridges
- Intel 82810, 82810-DC100, 82810E, and 82815 SVGA
controllers
- SiS 5591 host-to-AGP bridge
- VIA
> A Google search pulled up a somewhat dated reference
> to a kernel module but again, I didn't find anything about an AGP module
> in the'Documentation' sections.
Support for video cards is X's problem. An exception is DRI which is not
supported by NetBSD at the moment.
BTW, man agp(4) looks a litte strange:
HISTORY
The agp driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.1. It was adopted in
NetBSD 1.6.
NetBSD 1.5.2 September 11, 2001