Subject: Re: cgsix?
To: Nathan Gelbard <gelbard@engr.orst.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/28/1997 08:02:24
On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 01:11:12 -0800 
 Nathan Gelbard <gelbard@ENGR.ORST.EDU> wrote:

 > Is there a way to verify that my framebuffer is a
 > 'REAL' cgsix? It has no identifying markings, but 
 > the kernel reads it as one. Were there clones made?
 > Good back luck with them?

Sbus cgsix cards tell the kernel that they're cgsix cards.  This is
part of how the OpenProm works.

As far as I know, they were all made by SMCC.

Wasn't there a cgsix that had some beefier acceleration hardware on it?
Was this the GX?  It's been a while, and I can't remember :-)

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