Re: Re: New XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.6 RPM available!

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, T. Ribbrock wrote:

> Question is (I honestly don't
> know): Isn't there an (almost) identlical ix86 based PCI card with the
> same chipset? 

I don't know. If I had to guess, I'd say no. But this is likely something 
that would be worth researching. It may lead us to a XFree86 4.*.* driver.

> > The compat-modules dep was something I assumed was erroneous anyways on
> > sparc (since it exploded in about 200 places trying to build), your spec
> > fix looks fine.
> 
> The only thing I'm wondering about is: The 3DLabs server isn't the
> only one that has that requirement. 

Yes, but right now, its the only Sun XServer that needs the 3.3.6 tree, 
that I'm aware of.

> The others probably should be changed as well.

Yeah, please file this in bugzilla.
 
> Did you ever try to find out which frame buffers are
> actually working properly with XFree86 4.x on Sparc?

Well, I can only test what I have. I'm in a hotel room in Detroit at the 
moment, but here's what I remember from memory.

  Type     Status    X Ver
-------- ---------- -------
BW2        works      4.2 (sunbw2) 
CG3       untested   ?????
CG6        works      4.2 (suncg6)
PGX8       works      4.2 (r128)
PGX24      works      4.2 (r128)
TCX        works      4.2 (suntcx)
GFX8P      works      3.3.6 (permedia)
PGX32      works      3.3.6 (permedia)
CG14       works*     4.2 (suncg14) *works sometimes, not terribly stable
S24        works      4.2 (?)
Creator    works      4.2 (sunffb)
Creator3d  works      4.2 (sunffb)
Elite3d    works*     4.2 (?) *someone mentioned this recently?

Please add to this list if you know.

~spot
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