From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 10 20:15:26 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D18DF37B401 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:15:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from ambrisko.com (adsl-64-174-51-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.174.51.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D3243F75 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:15:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ambrisko@www.ambrisko.com) Received: from www.ambrisko.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ambrisko.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1B4EhF0082950; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:14:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ambrisko@www.ambrisko.com) Received: (from ambrisko@localhost) by www.ambrisko.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h1B4EgOg082949; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:14:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ambrisko) From: Doug Ambrisko Message-Id: <200302110414.h1B4EgOg082949@www.ambrisko.com> Subject: Re: Another EPIA M 9000 update (was Re: More compartive power/performance results (was Re: Lower power SMP boxes?)) In-Reply-To: To: Julian Elischer Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:14:42 -0800 (PST) Cc: Matthew Dillon , Joe O , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL94b (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Julian Elischer writes: | On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Matthew Dillon wrote: | > :I can't find any online specs to tell me if the graphics part of the | > :Northbridge has understands the VESA stuff. Does the XFree86 "vesa" | > :driver work? | > : | > :Also found this forum discussion... | > : | > :http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=30617 | > | > M 9000 X11 update: | > | > The "vga" driver works in low resolution modes. The "vesa" driver | > does not work. Via has a linux driver on their CD for X, called "via", | > which linux people seem to be using successfully, but I can't find | > sources anywhere. I don't understand why these companies don't just | > include sources for their X drivers, it would make life so much easier. | | Try use the linux binary... | believe it or not the latest XFree86 release has a loadable driver | interface that is completely cross-OS compatible. I.e the drivers | can not call any external calls only those provided by teh OS-specific | framework into which they are loaded. | | Something that they have done very right.. | I've seen several manufacturer supplied drivers for "Linux" work under | FreeBSD. ... and for a I while I was supplying Linux folks with a working XFree server module for an IBM 770Z ThinkPad built on FreeBSD of course! Doug A. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message