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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:51:06 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: TGA driver tester needed
Message-ID:  <15475.43466.842677.106058@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0202200905290.38682-100000@spaz.catonic.net>
References:  <15468.33528.565391.427412@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0202200905290.38682-100000@spaz.catonic.net>

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Kris Kirby writes:
 > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
 > > Having no TGA boards myself (nor do I want any, thanks) I'm looking
 > > for somebody with a TGA card who is willing to test-boot a 5.0-CURRENT
 > > kernel & tell me the video console works.  Assuming it works, I'll
 > > commit the patch & MFC it so that we have TGA support in the next
 > > release or snapshot.
 > 
 > Is this still open?

No, there were serious problems uncoverd by people in possesion
of TGA hardware (the kernel panics early in the boot process).

The original author has agreed to see if he can find/fix the problem.
If and when he does, I'll post another call for testers.

Cheers,

Drew

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