Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 15:13:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, davidg@Root.COM, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC Message-ID: <199607102113.PAA25223@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199607102105.OAA27228@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199607101640.KAA23663@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199607102105.OAA27228@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > Yes, but 'newer' SVGA cards *now* blow up when sio3 is enabled. In the > > past this wasn't a big deal, but even in 2.1R we had quite a few folks > > who got wiped out by sio3 (read Usenet), and this is only going to get > > worse with the faster S3/ATI/Mach cards becoming more commonplace. > > I posted the assembly code used to detect these cards once already. Yeah, so? By disabling the probe, we have a solution as well. Having access to pointers to all the relevant information is a good thing, but when the current solution is acceptable then a different solution won't be done. If you think the 'assembly code' probe fix is worth it, generate a set of patches and send them to me and I'll integrate them if I find them acceptable. (And I *do* understand the issues, but don't have time nor desire to fix it like you think it should be fixed.) Nate
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