Re: tdfx and DDC2

Michael <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.devel
Message-ID <20050830180142.6e5580ee@inishowen>
Hello,

> >I don't see why they should be enabled - they're PC-specific and even
> >with x86 emulation they would be pretty much useless since you're not
> >too likely to encounter a graphics board with PC firmware in a Mac (
> >or other PowerPC boxes )
> 
> Wrong.  No hardware manufacturer in their right mind would build a 
> Mac-only PCI graphics board, with the possible exception of Apple.  

What the hell are you talking about? VESA BIOS is x86 only. Int10 is PC
only. 

> They're going to build a generic graphics board that works in a PC and
> by the way also works in a Mac.  Such a board will have a video BIOS.

Wrong.
A Mac graphics board will have an OpenFirmware driver and possibly a
MacOS driver in ROM, not a VESA BIOS. 

have fun
Michael
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