From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 20:08:07 2003 Return-Path: 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 794AC16A4B3 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from doom.homeunix.org (8-075.dialup.comset.net [213.172.8.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8361343F3F for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:05:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from igor@doom.homeunix.org) Received: from doom.homeunix.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by doom.homeunix.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9C2w6Yg002189; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:00:17 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor@doom.homeunix.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by doom.homeunix.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id h9C2uwgu002186; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 06:56:58 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 06:56:58 +0400 From: Igor Pokrovsky To: Daniel Lang Message-ID: <20031012025658.GA1994@doom.homeunix.org> Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Lang , hackers@freebsd.org References: <20031009154030.GI2407@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031009154030.GI2407@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Accept-Language: ru X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on doom.homeunix.org cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Matrox Parhelia XFree86 Busmastering kernel module? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Igor Pokrovsky List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 03:08:07 -0000 On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 05:40:30PM +0200, Daniel Lang wrote: > Hiho, > > There seems no freebsd-xfree list, but this is only XFree related, > it's rather kernel oriented. > > Matrox offers a RedHat-Linux driver for their Parhelia based boards > (Parhelia, P650, P750). The XFree86 driver module mtx_drv.o itself > is OS independent and works with FreeBSD, as successfully > tested on my desk, even with a multihead configuration. :) > > Alas, to use acceleration (2D xaa as well as 3D dri, OpenGL, > etc) it requires a kernel module to enable bus mastering on > the card. (I don't know if this is a common thing with Linux, > or with some graphic boards? I am not aware of bus mastering > is required for AGP boards, isn't AGP a dedicated bus anyway?) AFAIK, you can enable bus mastering using pciconf(8) by setting appropriate registers. Why do you need any additional kernel module? Or I'm completely missing the point? -ip -- Ask not for whom the telephone bell tolls ... if thou art in the bathtub, it tolls for thee.