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: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:48:57 +0000

 On 10/11/2017 18:00, Michael wrote:
 >  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.
 
 What's the best way to move forward?
 Set the option in the kernel config?
 
 Sevan