Re: port-macppc/52712: Graphics corruption with Radeon 9600 card with or without radeonfb

[Sevan Janiyan <venture37%geeklan.co.uk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/52712; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sevan Janiyan <venture37%geeklan.co.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-macppc/52712: Graphics corruption with Radeon 9600 card with
 or without radeonfb
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:15:28 +0000

 On 10/11/2017 18:00, Michael wrote:
 >  ... and it looks right, no idea why software drawing screws up.
 >  The reason RADEONFB_ALWAYS_ACCEL_PUTCHAR exists is that on at least
 >  some r3xx the hardware accelerated method for drawing bitmap fonts
 >  didn't work, something I've never been able to reproduce ( but I have
 >  only one r3xx, in an old, partially disassembled i386 ).
 >  That was ages ago, maybe that option needs to be the default on macppc
 >  or can go away altogether.
 
 The thing is that while the previous corruption goes away there's a big
 bar on the bottom of the screen.
 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOjFinOW4AIpYyN.jpg:orig
 
 
 Sevan