Re: Rainbow Runner Studio + Mystique + Linux

No, I don't think so - at least that was not possible at the time I was 
involved (4-5 years ago), simply because there was no chipset information. 

> Thanks, so is the G-series driver also support the old Rainbow Runner Studio
> as the readme seems to imple that the drivers here are G200 Rainbow Runner
> drivers?
> 
> thanks
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Gernot Ziegler" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 1:25 PM
> To: "Graeme Brett Houston BSc" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "The Marvel/Linux list" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Rainbow Runner Studio + Mystique + Linux
> 
> > Hej !
> >
> > Sorry, no clue; I think that was the main reason why driver dev stopped
> > - Matrox was never supportive of OpenSource drivers.
> >
> > Here are the last traces that I found online (check Oct 16):
> > http://web.archive.org/web/20021212071821/http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~eddie/mga4linux/changelog.html
> >
> > > Thanks, do you know if there is datasheets available for the coprocessor
> > > chip
> > > on the Rainbow Runner Studio, no the zoran chip, as I have the datasheet
> > > for
> > > the mga1064SG and zoran chips, the mga1064sg datasheet just leaves open
> > > the
> > > ability for any co-processor hence unsure of its hardware registers to
> > > have a
> > > stab myself at a driver, and I am unsure of tracing mmio calls to
> > > registers
> > > etc in windows (esp. 95) not to mention wary of the legalities of tracing
> > > device drivers and the fact you do not get register names that way hence
> > > driver code is unreadable.
> > >
> > > the unfinished driver do you know were it may be found?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > From: "Gernot Ziegler" <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 5:10 PM
> > > To: "Graeme Brett Houston BSc" <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: "The Marvel/Linux list" <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: Rainbow Runner Studio + Mystique + Linux
> > >
> > > > Hej,
> > > >
> > > > as far as I know it was never finished ... sorry.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi looking for device driver for Matrox Rainbow Runner Studio not
> > > > > G-series, i belive there used to be a driver for linux, but i cannot
> > > > > find
> > > > > it
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks Graeme
> > > >
> > > > Servus,
> > > >  Gernot
> > > >
> > > > GPU. 3D Vision. Europe. Future. Now.
> > > > Drop by: www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~gziegler - www.geofront.eu
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Servus,
> >  Gernot
> >
> > GPU. 3D Vision. Europe. Future. Now.
> > Drop by: www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~gziegler - www.geofront.eu
> > 
> 
> 

Servus,
  Gernot

GPU. 3D Vision. Europe. Future. Now.
Drop by: www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~gziegler - www.geofront.eu


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