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Hello,

>> non-openboot PCI video cards on sparc64?  really?  I thought there
>> were problems both with XFree86/Xorg locating the card without an
>> OpenPROM node,
>
> It would have a generic PCI device obp node, yes?

Yes. XFree86 doesn't know or care about OBP or PF nodes though.

>> and then even more fundamental problems that full
>> bootup-initialization code for modern video cards is contained only in
>> the x86 ROM and in the proprietary Linux .o XFree86/Xorg module
>> (PeeCees with second video cards have the same problem, and get around
>> it either using the works-on-i386-only x86 emulator
>
> Why would the *emulator* be x86-only?

It isn't. XFree contains an x86 emulator for the sole purpose of 
running PC firmware to set things up.

have fun
Michael
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