From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Oct 3 23:42:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA01517 for mobile-outgoing; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 23:42:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA01512 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 23:42:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id OAA05870; Sat, 4 Oct 1997 14:28:44 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19971004142844.12249@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 14:28:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Brad Karp Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NeoMagic and IBM 380 vs. XFree86 References: <199710040124.VAA19169@pinot.eecs.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199710040124.VAA19169@pinot.eecs.harvard.edu>; from Brad Karp on Fri, Oct 03, 1997 at 09:24:44PM -0400 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Oct 03, 1997 at 09:24:44PM -0400, Brad Karp wrote: > I understand from the XFree86 FAQ that NeoMagic is unsupported at present. > > I am also aware of the commercial server for NeoMagic video chipsets. > > Is anyone aware of ongoing development effort for the IBM 380s' NeoMagic > chipsets in XFree86? My lab has purchased IBM 380s, and to my chagrin, > I've only learned that XF86_SVGA doesn't support their video hardware after > the fact. > > I'd be willing to do such development myself, if I had a source for specs on > the NeoMagic chipsets; NeoMagic's web page claims they don't provide specs to > end-users. Yup, that's the problem. In particular, they want an NDA, so the XFree project is currently boycotting them. That's a pity, because it seems that all Dell laptops currently use them. Greg