Subject: Re: Brooktree support (a.o.) ? (2nd post)
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: T@W <lsp93@xs4all.nl>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/30/2001 00:49:49
Martin J. Laubach encoded:
>|  T@W> Are the Brooktree 848/849/878/879 based TV cards
>|  T@W> supported yet on macppc?  I see support for this cards
>|
>|  AFAICT, no one tried yet to boot NetBSD/macppc with the
>|  card.  So it's unknown if it works or not.
>
>  It doesn't. The driver seems to be heavily inspired by i386
>architecture, and even when you get it to compile, won't work.
>At least, it doesn't for me. Trying the same card in a PC and
>working out the differences has been on my to-do list for quite
>some time, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
>
>	mjl

Thanks for the response.

Is there any other option to pipe in video? What about the Miro (=Pinnacle)
cards?

TIA,
Touchwood