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* systems engineer <ozone@rs.cname.com> [2004-01-22 20:26:41]:
> > or so, and of course fix the X driver to mmap() on the device with
> > offset =3D=3D 0xf0000 (the REX3 registers on newport are offset into th=
e GIO
> > device space for some reason). This way the X driver doesn't need to
> > know which GIO slot the device is in either...
>=20
> i may not be a kernel hacker (yet) but i'm inclined to think that the
> newport can't be in an arbitrary slot. iirc, the extremley rare dual-head
> indy configuration didn't use a second newport anyway, it was a special
> variant of the GR3-Elan hardware.

I've seen secondary head 8-bit Newport's for sale on eBay occasionally,
and the part number listed tallied with a google search, so I think they
do exist, not sure if there was a 24-bit version or not though, nor the
GR3-Elan version you suggest.

Matt
--=20
"Never rub another man's rhubarb."

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