Re: Got an R5k Indy

On Feb 9, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Michael wrote:

> ( shipping was more expensive than the Indy itself )

And the Indy is one of, if not the lightest!

> Questions so far:
> - - I noticed that either the last character isn't drawn or the  
> cursor isn't updated in time. Is it just me or do others see this  
> too? Might be just a missing wbflush() somewhere in the newport  
> driver. Or, if characters are drawn directly into the framebuffer we  
> probably need to map it uncached.

I think you're seeing a known issue with the cursor positioning. Some  
revisions apparently need a workaround to get the correct location,  
but nobody really knows which. C.f.:
     http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sgimips/2004/12/26/0002.html

> - - do we have any real documentation on newport? The next thing I'd  
> do is to port the X driver over to Xorg.

Check out the following:
     http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/IP22#Hardware_Documentation
I'm not sure if it's 'real', but the Indy is probably the best  
documented SGI machine.

Steve