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Date:      Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:58:15 +1100
From:      Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>
To:        Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PCI interpretation question AND Superprobe question
Message-ID:  <200302130958.15898.murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030212143505.GA76024@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
References:  <200302121451.00506.murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> <20030213011238.A30201@spyder.bytecraft.au.com> <20030212143505.GA76024@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>

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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 01:35 am, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:12:38AM +1100, System & wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:18:53PM -0500, northern snowfall wrote:
> > > >pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1039 device 0x6326
> > > > SiS 6326
> > >
> > > The SiS 6326 has 8MB or 4MB on-board RAM. You should be able to let X
> > > autodetect the video size by selecting 8MB in X86Config. If there is
> > > less X will
> > > figure it out with a probe.
> > >
> > > FYI,  the BASE[0-2] values are either memory mapped I/O or classic port
> > > I/O for transferring data to/from the PCI. It is not RAM.
> > > Don
> >
> > Thanks for the assist
> >
> > BTW .. X didnt get it right when I set 8192 in the X86Config file
> > All I got was a _very_ streaky, torn image ... Ctrl-Alt-BkSp
> > Set it to 4096 and all is great.
>
> I take it you did not read the XFree86 documentation then.
> If you did you would have found the following paragraph
>
>    VideoRAM size
>       The SiS chips can only directly address 4096K bytes of video RAM.
>       Some video cards using these chips are shipped with additional
>       video RAM. The videoRAM must be explicitly limited to 4096 for
>       those cards. Attempting to use the additional RAM leads to a
>       variety of scrambled screen artifacts.
>
> (To find that text go to http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/ and click on
> "Information for SiS users".)

Ahah... also in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.SiS

(machine was shutdown over weekend therefore nothing useful in locate db -- 
now updated)

tks


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