Subject: Re: nec R2200 video support?
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-arc
Date: 02/22/2001 08:41:35
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 11:05:15PM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

 > In <87n1biikjo.wl@alicia.a-r.org>
 > ur@a-r.org wrote:
 > 
 > > RISCserver2200 firmware uses GD5428 in 8bpp bitmap mode.
 > > MI ISA VGA driver is for VGA text mode, so it doesn't work.
 > > 
 > > There are 2 ways to solve.
 > > 1. Reprogram GD5428 to VGA text mode.
 > 
 > The PReP machines use VGA graphic mode on boot time,
 > but NetBSD/prep switches to text mode on its boot loader.
 > sys/arch/prep/stand/boot/vreset.c might help.
 > (they have PCI vga adapters, though)

Note that we will soon get a raster-mode driver for VGA, so both
PReP and ARC may want to use that...

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>