Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:52:44 -0700 (MST) From: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.nodak.edu> Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, kimc@kim.net, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for RIVA 128 - Diamond Viper 330 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980105194709.29317A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com> In-Reply-To: <199801051515.JAA11400@plains.NoDak.edu>
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Nice and dandy, but AGP requires kernel support. I don't think Xfree is going to be a big help in that matter :) The problem with AGP is that the programming specs are available under NDA only. That's the real bummer. If you program the RIVA correctly you can support the DAC and access the video display memory, but you won't get the main benefit of 528MB/sec access to main system memory, which is the whole point of the new bus. Many large 3D textures take up more space than is available from the video buffer. The buffer is to be used for holding pixel values, and the main system memory used for caching and computing. The latter part is what makes the RIVA worth using. Hopefully I am wrong, but I have yet to hear anything edgewise. Regards, Kevin On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Mark Tinguely wrote: > Amancio is correct about sending video card request to the XFree86 group. > > I also wanted to add that there is XFree86 supporting group (http://www.suse.de) > that has a beta RIVA X server. The binary is for Linux, and the sources are > not yet available, but it has been promised that this code will be part of > the next release of XFree86. The SUSE site is linked directly from the > XFree86 web site (http://www.xfree86.org). > > --mark. >
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