Subject: Re: NetBSD support for the TGX framebuffer?
To: Craig Dewick <cdewick@lios.apana.org.au>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/23/1998 17:01:28
On February 24, Craig Dewick wrote:
> I'm curious to know if the TGX framebuffer will work with NetBSD on a Sparc
> machine? I'm presuming that all variants of the GX (GX, GX+, TGX, TGX+,
> etc.) identify themselves the same to the kernel, but report a differing
> ammount of VRAM depending which model they are.
> 
> Can someone confirm that the TGX will work?

  Yup...I'm happily using a TGX in my SS5/170 running 1.3.  In the
dmesg output below, cgsix0 is a TGX and cgsix1 is a regular GX:

> cgsix0 at sbus0 slot 1 offset 0x0: SUNW,501-2325, 1152 x 900, rev 11 (console)
> cgsix0: attached to /dev/fb
> cgsix1 at sbus0 slot 2 offset 0x0: SUNW,501-1672, 1152 x 900, rev 8


                           -Dave McGuire
                            mcguire@neurotica.com