Subject: Re: Documentation for graphics cards
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
From: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/29/2007 16:15:24
On Aug 29, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Michael Lorenz wrote:

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> Hello,
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> On Aug 29, 2007, at 08:23, Michael R. Zucca wrote:
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>> You're in luck if you want to work on the Valkyrie since there  
>> used to be
>> some code to support it on the PowerPC based 6300 in mklinux. I  
>> don't think
>> there were any HW accelerated ops supported but there was code  
>> that enabled
>> use of the CLUT/DAC, get the attached monitor type, and, I think,  
>> change the
>> color depth mode.
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> There's a valkyrie driver in the current linux kernel, no need to  
> go digging:
> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/drivers/video/valkyriefb.c? 
> v=linux-2.6

Yeah, I know.  I looked at how to set palette registers there.  But  
I'd rather keep away from reading GPL code, if possible...

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>