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On 3dfx.glide.linux David Bucciarelli <tech.hmw@plus.it> said:
> Ken Alverson wrote:
> 
> Not neccessarily entirely true.  You have to watch for 2 meg texture
> boundaries.  If mesa assumes 2 meg texture, then it's ok, otherwise
> this
> requires some additional logic in the texture handling code.

> Canopus Corp. donated me a Pure3D board in order to fix the the "2Mb
> boundary problem" (smart guys ;-).

> The Mesa works fine with 4Mb of texture memory since the 2.5 and the
> Pure3D is my current board. I'm developing the Mesa/Voodoo driver with
> this board so it is the most "tested" hardware.

> David Bucciarelli (tech.hmw@plus.it)


	Enjoy,
	Amancio