David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org> wrote:

> > An alternative would be to add a ibookradeon driver. The .c file would
> > just include radeon_driver.c with a define so that we get the right code.
> > We would loose the ability to get X autoconfigured by XFree86 -configure,
> > but at least we won't break anything. iBook users would just have to use
> > the ibookradeon driver instead of the radeon driver.
> 
>       Is there no way to tell if it is an ibook radeon? The PCI ids
>       and config values are all the same as in a 'genuine' radeon?

As far as I understand, the problem is more with the iBook screen than
the video board itself.

The board is PCI_CHIP_RADEON_LW. Changing behavior on that data is
better than doing so on any powerPC port, but it may ystill break some
working setups.

-- 
Emmanuel Dreyfus
Il y a 10 sortes de personnes dans le monde: ceux qui comprennent 
le binaire et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas.
manu@netbsd.org