Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:04:15 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Cejka Rudolf <cejkar@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VESA module doesn't work with ATI Mach64 RagePro Message-ID: <199908101105.HAA14356@smtp2.erols.com> In-Reply-To: <19990810083749.A55581@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 10-Aug-99 Cejka Rudolf wrote: > > Soren Schmidt wrote (1999/08/09): > >> It seems Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: >> > There is a good possibility that the VESA BIOS extension for this card >> > is provided in a DOS TSR program and the VESA BIOS entry in the ROM >> > BIOS is just a stub. Such implementation is allowed in the VESA spec. > >> Actually its because the ATI chip reports the modes as non-VGA modes, >> which is correct (sortof), and our VESA code rejects those modeentries. > > Yes, thanks. Information reported by 0x4F01 function about any video > mode has set MODE_NON_VGA attribute indeed. And now I have found DOS TSR > program for VESA support... > > I hate VESA 2.0/3.0 specification :-( I hate ATI :-( > > Is there any good AGP graphics card with full BIOS support in hardware? Matrox G200 (and presumably G400). --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199908101105.HAA14356>