Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:29:13 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: tcrimi+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas Valentino Crimi) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetBSD (and FreeBSD) video support Message-ID: <199806242329.JAA05070@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <ApYLJLu00UM210Jso0@andrew.cmu.edu> from Thomas Valentino Crimi at "Jun 24, 98 05:53:27 pm"
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Thomas Valentino Crimi wrote: > Heh, I can't even install netbsd via monitor as I have an E2 card, so > at the time where I didn't have another machine nearby to act as > terminal I installed AlphaLinux just to get it active, which I am now > regretting ;) There seem to be a few people who have opted for Linux/Alpha because it supported their hardware. Hopefully we can address this. > What is the issue with the E2&3 cards, AlphaLinux has some (albiet > funky) amount of support meaning we could do the same. I'm actually > tempted to give it an attempt as uninitatied as I am with doing kernel > drivers, nevermind never having used NetBSD. Has anyone looked into > this on either the Free- or Net BSD side? Can FreeBSD convince Digital > to get the full specs on these TGA cards? They are VERY nice cards and > would make would X server proud. I think it would be best for us to work with the XFree86 folks since they are the ones with the video card expertise. We can't really hassle DEC for things until FreeBSD/Alpha is self supporting. They've already committed hardware to the port and so far they haven't seen much (anything?) in return. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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