From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Sep 10 12:02:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA00170 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:02:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp03.wxs.nl (smtp03.wxs.nl [195.121.6.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00155 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:02:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from diabolique ([195.121.59.195]) by smtp03.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.54) with SMTP id AAA19E9; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 21:02:00 +0200 X-Sender: skywise@pop.wxs.nl X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Demo Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 21:02:26 +0200 To: Brian Handy , Bill Trost From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai Subject: Re: Neomagic Chipset Driver for Linux? Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <8980.905438703@cloud.rain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <7718730B9F.AAA19E9@smtp03.wxs.nl> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 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