Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:25:04 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xvr 600 graphical accelerator ? Message-ID: <20091206202504.GA71361@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091206201940.GA71316@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091206195821.GA71155@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091206201035.GB1205@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20091206201940.GA71316@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 08:19:40PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 12:10:35PM -0800, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 07:58:21PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > Can I use XVR 600 graphical accelerator with fbsd? > > > > > > http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics/xvr600/index.xml > > > > > > This is the card I was given with my blade 1500 box. > > > The specs are very impressive, but is the card supported > > > by fbsd at all? > > > > > > > I'm afraid it wouldn't. You may have to use serial console until > > someone make driver for XVR600. Don't know Marius have a plan to > > write a driver. > > I see OpenBSD have drivers for this and other xvr cards: > > http://www.openbsd.org/45.html > > under what's new: > > # ifb(4), a driver for Sun Expert3D, Expert3D-Lite, XVR-500, XVR-600 and XVR-1200 framebuffers (accelerated). > # wildcatfb(4), an X driver for Sun Expert3D, Expert3D-Lite, XVR-500, XVR-600 and XVR-1200 framebuffers (unaccelerated). > > Is it feasible to port a driver from obsd to fbsd? just noticed that the web man pages for these 2 drivers also seem to be missing: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifb&sektion=4&arch=sparc64 Sorry, no data found for `ifb(4)'. http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wildcatfb&sektion=4&arch=sparc64 Sorry, no data found for `wildcatfb(4)'. many thanks for your help and advice -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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