Subject: Re: X11 on Ultra 5
To: None <rmk@rmkhome.com>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 12/23/2005 19:32:45
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Hello,

> >In an U10 - any Creator board should Just Work ( Elite3D based boards
> >need a firmware file loaded or acceleration in X won't work )
> >Some Rage Pro based graphics cards are known to work ( provided they
> >have Sun firmware ). Support for Sun Raptor, Expert3D or any of the
> >Radeon based cards isn't there yet, mainly because the people who
> >could write the drivers don't have the hardware. The Expert3D uses
> >some Intergraph chip, I couldn't find anything remotely resembling
> >documentation so support won't appear any time soon. Raptor and
> >Radeon are more likely, there are at least XFree86 drivers.=20
>=20
> What about the PGX32? That has 8 megs. 3Dlabs Permedia 2 VPU

That's a Raptor. Writing a console driver and getting XFree's glint
driver to work shouldn't be hard but I don't have the hardware.

have fun
Michael

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