Subject: Re: VS 3100 SPX (SPGFX) testers wanted
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.org>
From: Blaz Antonic <blaz.antonic@siol.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/25/2005 22:41:36
Hello,

> I'm pretty sure I've already looked for SPX/SPXg/SPXgt/LCG/LCSPX
> docs before and drawn up a blank, but I'll look again and send along
> whatever I have.

As we know now only a preliminary draft of LCG docs exists; it details
register locations and bitfield values (which is of immense help!). All
acceleration function are  merely mentioned but not described at all and
certain parts of those docs are downright wrong (= reality doesn't
concur with docs). As for the rest of those boards apparently no docs
exist whatsoever. As I said before, all accelerated drivers (LCG, LCSPX
and now perhaps SPX) are based solely on reverse engineering of POST
routines from relevant ROMs. 

If/when I get ahold of SPXg/SPXgt I'll do my best to get them supported
under NetBSD in accelerated mode as well - that means accelerated
console operation and all information and/or infrastructure needed to
get X server working on that hardware in accelerated mode (16 basic
rasterops at the very least, as key part of any GUI functionality).

Blaz Antonic
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