From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 16 14:37:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E95F37B54B for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:37:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B9D9132D6 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:37:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id XAA24680; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:23:31 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA04075; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:08:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:08:16 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Dirk Kleinhesselink Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help installing FreeBSD 4.0 on AlphaStation 200 Message-ID: <20000216230816.A4017@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <20000216213419.B2716@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from dkleinh@phy.ucsf.EDU on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 01:30:37PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 01:30:37PM -0800, Dirk Kleinhesselink wrote: > > > the official DEC/Compaq systems don't work with FreeBSD, given that > > > XFree86 has support for TGA and the *other guys* (Linux/NetBSD) can handle > > > them... > > > > I'm afraid this means that you will have to write TGA support code > > yourself. It probably boils down to people owning a TGA and having enough > > time and willing to spend the time. > I have no idea how to write a driver -- I'm an old FORTRAN coder. I guess > I'm confused, because FreeBSD won't boot from the ARC/AlphaBIOS and so the Correct, only SRM consoles work. There are very good reasons for that, the mailing list archives contain it all. ARC has PALcode too closely linked to what WinNT needs/wants/likes to be useful for Unix. > only machines one can use for it are "real DEC/Compaq" machines -- I > would've figured that the DEC/Compaq machines that ran UNIX (or > OpenVMS) would run FreeBSD, but I guess this isn't the case. Are there > any video cards supported by Digital UNIX/Tru64/OpenVMS that will > work with FreeBSD ? Yes, for example the Number9 cards (S3 based) that are in some of the Alpha server machines. And the DEC S3 864 (IIRC) that is in my PWS433 (Miata) Alpha also works. In general: the more exotic (from the PC standpoint) the cards are the less likely they are to be widespread. The problem is, I think, that things like the PowerStorm series of graphics cards don't have programming docs available. And they are not 'mainstream'. Like it or not, the best chance for support has hardware that is well-used in the Intel/PC world. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message