From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 30 10:52:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA01687 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 10:52:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA01672 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 10:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id KAA00329; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 10:52:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606301752.KAA00329@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Tim Vanderhoek cc: Darrell Taylor , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATI Mach64 cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 30 Jun 1996 13:34:13 EDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@root.com Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 10:52:20 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, Darrell Taylor wrote: > >> Though the compatibility list for FreeBSD includes ATI Mach64 cards, the FAQ >> says that to make these cards work, a whole stack of workarounds and >> rebuilds will be necessary. (Text below). Does this state of affairs still >> exist? Has the bug been squashed? Having barely survived lengthy attempts > >I know the newer stuff from -current has probing of com port 3 >disabled... I imagine that 2.1.5 will also have probing of that port >disabled by default. Really, the only bug in 2.1-RELEASE is that com Actually, 2.1.5 shouldn't have this problem: (sio.c) ---------------------------- revision 1.99.4.2 date: 1996/01/29 08:17:15; author: bde; state: Exp; lines: +18 -35 Brought in some critical changes from main branch: part of rev.1.115: Fix the tests for being a console by reverting to the ones that were used before the the RB_SERIAL changes... all of rev.1.123: Removed builtin list of port addresses. The address for sio3 conflicted with S3 graphics cards... --- Note the last part about rev 1.123. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project