From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 6 20:25:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D7F3106579A for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:25:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD168FC1E for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:25:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NHNfF-00065f-IA; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:25:08 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NHNfE-0000Dj-Lt; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:25:05 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB6KP4Qe071374; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:25:04 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB6KP4M9071373; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:25:04 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:25:04 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Anton Shterenlikht Message-ID: <20091206202504.GA71361@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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091206201940.GA71316@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -5.0 X-Spam-Level: ----- Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xvr 600 graphical accelerator ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:25:09 -0000 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