From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 3 11:32:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07770 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:32:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles240.castles.com [208.214.165.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07757 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:32:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA08411; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:28:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902031928.LAA08411@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Doug Ambrisko cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB drivers In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Feb 1999 09:05:54 PST." <199902031705.JAA92555@whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 11:28:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Kevin Day writes: > | This is done now. The Cyrix MediaGX series, as well as a few other cpu'ss > | use a unified memory system, where video ram is pulled from system ram. > > I found it interesting that the Compaq laptop that used the MediaGX used > a different chipset for video. I think they used a NeoMagic. I wonder > why they did that since you would think it would be extra cost since the > MediaGX can drive an LCD. Caveat, atleast this was true for the laptop > I looked at. This stuff seems to change every month. Because the video in the MediaGX, to put it politely, _sucks_. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message