Re: unconfigured generic ATI VGA card?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Feb 28, 2008, at 05:57, Stephen Borrill wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Malcolm Herbert wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:42:11 +1100, "Malcolm Herbert" <mjch%mjch.net@localhost>
> > said:
> > > I have an oldish ATI PCI video card which I've just added to a  
> > > Soekris
> > > net5501 host running NetBSD 4.0 GENERIC.  I'm assuming this card  
> > > would
> > > be a generic VGA-capable card, yet although the kernel recognises  
> > > the
> > > card it isn't configured:
> >
> > I've done a bit more digging in the kernel source and it appears that
> > this card would be recognised by dev/pci/radeonfb.c which I'm  
> > adding to
> > a custom config with
> >
> > radeonfb*       at pci? function ?      # ATI Radeon. R3xx is
> > problematic
>
> That's for a framebuffer, not a VGA text console.

Radeons have very fast blitters, using text mode wouldn't buy you  
much speed if at all. And having more than 80x25 is kind of nice :)
Besides that, I'd like to know how radeonfb's doing on non-powerpc  
machines.

have fun
Michael
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