Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 21:02:26 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu>, Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Neomagic Chipset Driver for Linux? Message-ID: <7718730B9F.AAA19E9@smtp03.wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809100935380.12831-100000@lambic.physics.m ontana.edu> References: <8980.905438703@cloud.rain.com>
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At 17:38 10-09-98 , Brian Handy wrote: >[Bill relates:] > >>Someone produced (on their own, I assume) the drivers necessary to make >>X_SVGA work with the NeoMagic chips. They wrote it for Linux, but I >>personally attest to it working under FreeBSD, too. >> >>Wander on over to http://www.monumental.com/js/Neomagic.html and you >>should find everything you need Been there >I've actually done this, and I'm proud to say it worked the first time! >(I had to fiddle with XF86Config a bit, but I don't feel like I've done my >job unless I've had to fiddle that knob.) The thing is, I think RedHat >signed the NDA and wrote the driver -- replete with the bits to get the >accelleration to work. This driver is a bit slow in comparison, I'm told. Hmm, then ye had more luck than me =) What version ye using? I am using 2.2.7 and had problems with the file and it's modelines even after modifying... >It would just be neat to get the accelleration stuff working too. (RedHat >says on their web page they'll be releasing the source to XFree86 if and >when NeoMagic allows them to.) What Millennium will that be? =) But when we're on the subject, any handy dandy 'how to write FreeBSD/UNIX device drivers' pages out there? I'd be happy to probe and experiment around =) regards, -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven / Asmodai <asmodai(at)wxs.nl> ICQ-UIN: 1564317 .:. Ninth Circle Enterprises Network/Security Specialist As far as ye can't tell, I am the Future in Computer Hell... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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