From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 13 14:11:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AEE337B401 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:11:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail2.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 128FC43E75 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (IDENT:root@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by alcanet.com.au (8.12.4/8.12.4/Alcanet1.3) with ESMTP id gADMBl5O022927; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:11:47 +1100 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.20.247]) by sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.11) with ESMTP id 2002111409114575:27080 ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:11:45 +1100 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gADMBjRL024035; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:11:45 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id gADMBjh8024034; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:11:45 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:11:45 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Karl Dunn Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multia: syscons does not find PCI vga card Message-ID: <20021113221144.GU6446@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Karl Dunn , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 14/11/2002 09:11:45 AM, Serialize by Router on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 14/11/2002 09:11:47 AM, Serialize complete at 14/11/2002 09:11:47 AM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-Nov-13 13:08:08 -0600, "Karl L. Dunn" wrote: >I have a Multia/UDB (alpha) to which I added a Diamond VGA card in the >internal PCI slot. This has a S3 Trio64V+ chip. The intent is to be able >to run X over FreeBSD 4.6.2. I haven't actually tried it yet, but all the documentation states that the TGA is supported by XFree86 - both 3.3.6 and 4.2.0 (and maybe older 4.x versions). There is FreeBSD support for the TGA in -current and the driver code also supports -stable. I thought it had been MFC'd but it looks like it hasn't. If you rummage back through the archives of this list, you should find instructions for getting a TGA running in -stable. (The original port was to -stable and I was only involved in porting it to -current). >The problem is that syscons can't find the S3 VGA (see the verbose dmesg >output below). Maybe this is related to what the SRM leaves behind, but I >doubt it. The kernel here is the GENERIC that came on the 4.6.2 CD I got >from the BSD mall. The S3 card is being found as a PCI device. The problem is that syscons looks for an ISA VGA card. There's a variety of glue logic that makes the PCI card masquerate as an ISA device for booting purposes - and I believe that this needs SRM assistance as well. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message