Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:14:39 -0700 From: "Andrew M. Miklic" <miklic@fc.hp.com> To: <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: TGA driver available Message-ID: <01c0983b$f195e980$0f0136a9@erdos.fc.hp.com>
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All,
I've managed to complete a somewhat-functional TGA driver, with the help of Drew Gallatin and Thomas Crimi. I'm posting the location of the tarball to this list for testing/perousal/comments/suggestions: http://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/TGA/tga.tar.gz
The files are against 4.2R....
The card is known to work for BT485-based TGA step B and C cards (both 8-, and somewhat less recently, 32-bit) in 640x480 and 1280x1024 (any resolution _should_ work; there is also code to support the BT463, but it is wholly untested). There is also code to support TGA2-based cards, but it is also wholly untested aside from the probe and attach routines (it still can be used in VGA mode for a console, however, and mostly just needs a suitable X server to be useful)...
The following are known functional deficiencies:
1) Color scheme for text is "off" -- for things like sysinstall, text will look more "gangrene" than the "livid" that most people are accustomed to...
2) Mouse does not work -- code is in place for it, and vidcontrol and moused do not complain, but still no mouse pointer...
3) Font loading does not work -- again, code is in place, but vidcontrol complains about /dev/ttyv0 not being configured...
4) X-vty switching -- X works, but switching between X and ttys causes problems (like keyboard lockups)...
In order of priority, I am looking at the above in reverse order, but they will likely be completed in order as that is the ordering of complexity for the tasks--any feedback on this prioritization would be welcome...
Thanks,
Andrew Miklic
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<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2>All,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2> I've managed to complete a
somewhat-functional TGA driver, with the help of Drew Gallatin and Thomas
Crimi. I'm posting the location of the tarball to this list for
testing/perousal/comments/suggestions:<A
href="http://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/TGA/tga.tar.gz"> http://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/TGA/tga.tar.gz</A><BR>The
files are against 4.2R....
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2> The card is known to work
for BT485-based TGA step B and C cards (both 8-, and somewhat less recently,
32-bit) in 640x480 and 1280x1024 (any resolution _should_ work; there is also
code to support the BT463, but it is wholly untested). There is also code
to support TGA2-based cards, but it is also wholly untested aside from the probe
and attach routines (it still can be used in VGA mode for a console, however,
and mostly just needs a suitable X server to be useful)...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2> The following are known
functional deficiencies:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2> 1) Color
scheme for text is "off" -- for things like sysinstall, text will look more
"gangrene" than the "livid" that most people are accustomed to...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2> 2) Mouse
does not work -- code is in place for it, and vidcontrol and moused do not
complain, but still no mouse pointer...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2> 3) Font
loading does not work -- again, code is in place, but vidcontrol complains about
/dev/ttyv0 not being configured...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2> 4) X-vty
switching -- X works, but switching between X and ttys causes problems (like
keyboard lockups)...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2> In order of priority, I am
looking at the above in reverse order, but they will likely be completed in
order as that is the ordering of complexity for the tasks--any feedback on this
prioritization would be welcome...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=helvetica size=2>Andrew
Miklic</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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