From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Jun 22 13: 2:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 192BB37B5D0; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:02:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 2ee4e7c625482f2f2a1950a80f6c8d58) with ESMTP id <20000622200333.FYSU159.relay01@chello.nl>; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:03:33 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA01820; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:02:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:02:39 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does anyone know how to define RAMDAC and clock chip of Mach64 for FreeBSD4.0/Alpha? Message-ID: <20000622220239.F244@freebie.wbnet> Reply-To: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG References: <49256904.000603D4.00@cmnotesx.nimc.go.jp> <14670.54275.206271.399227@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000620082737.A4615@freebie.wbnet> <14671.26090.747395.116295@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000621204621.D238@freebie.wbnet> <14673.3558.125976.170355@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <14673.3558.125976.170355@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 02:50:02PM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 02:50:02PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Wilko Bulte writes: > > > > > Also, some video cards will not work as console devices because the > > > SRM console's x86 emulator is incapable of running their BIOSes. > > > > Right, but sofar I have not had *that* problem. Even an ancient ET4000 ISA > > worked for me. > > I think newer cards which use 32-bit x86 instructions are the > problematic ones, not older cards. I remember reading that the SRM's > x86 emulator was only capable of runing 80286 & not 80386 > instructions... Is this true? I really don't know. -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org "Do, or do not. There is no try" wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message