Re: tdfx and DDC2
Michael <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.xfree86.devel |
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| 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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