Hello,
I've rere-reread LinuxBios port to AMD64 guide during some documentation making.
I am wondering about Linuxbios Native Support and VGA init...
Linuxbios is supposed to support "Trident Cyberblade 3d" natively and I have a Cyberblade/i1 rev 6a in my chipset...
Please don't tell me that I've spend time making it work, though it isn't really, while there is a native support ?!?
this must be a joke !
If not and that is tue and after i eat my jeans on the go, is that meaning that i've just to set CONFIG_VGABIOS and that would be all ?
mathieu
* Mathieu Deschamps mdeschamps@mangrove-systems.com [040528 16:06]:
I've rere-reread LinuxBios port to AMD64 guide during some documentation making.
If you or anyone else have additions to this document, let me know. It waits desperately for more detailed explanations and restructuring in many places.
Linuxbios is supposed to support "Trident Cyberblade 3d" natively and I have a Cyberblade/i1 rev 6a in my chipset...
Please don't tell me that I've spend time making it work, though it isn't really, while there is a native support ?!?
I have no idea whether the Cyberblade i1 and 3d are the same. If your device has the following PCI id it is the same: .vendor = 0x1023, .device = 0x9880,
The Cyberblade code is not working though. If it would work, you would not even need to set CONFIG_VGABIOS to get something on the screen. It might be as simple as adding a delay to the outp() function but I have no idea. It is enabled in the newisys/khepri build. I added some debug output to the driver.
If you have some time, feel free to fix the cyberblade code. This would be valuable for quite some AMD64 systems, including the Newisys 2100 and Sun Fire V20z display.
Stefan
Thanks Stefan for your answer,
Le ven 28/05/2004 à 16:55, Stefan Reinauer a écrit :
- Mathieu Deschamps mdeschamps@mangrove-systems.com [040528 16:06]:
I've rere-reread LinuxBios port to AMD64 guide during some documentation making.
If you or anyone else have additions to this document, let me know. It waits desperately for more detailed explanations and restructuring in many places.
Linuxbios is supposed to support "Trident Cyberblade 3d" natively and I have a Cyberblade/i1 rev 6a in my chipset...
Please don't tell me that I've spend time making it work, though it isn't really, while there is a native support ?!?
I have no idea whether the Cyberblade i1 and 3d are the same. If your device has the following PCI id it is the same: .vendor = 0x1023, .device = 0x9880,
I've check my device out it is : 1023 : 8500 oh. It may be compromised.
The Cyberblade code is not working though. If it would work, you would not even need to set CONFIG_VGABIOS to get something on the screen. It might be as simple as adding a delay to the outp() function but I have no idea. It is enabled in the newisys/khepri build. I added some debug output to the driver.
It is a way out for me.. and for others as you say below.
In what part of the code is this writing outp() ? It is not in vgabios.c is it ? i say that that because i believe it was a common file for every build... thanks again.
If you have some time, feel free to fix the cyberblade code. This would be valuable for quite some AMD64 systems, including the Newisys 2100 and Sun Fire V20z display.
Stefan
For the time being, i'am at writing doc and well this is a needed step, first it helps me understand in the whole, second i've been ordered to do so.
I would gladly help ... what I could is bringing my doc to you and LinuxBios people. But I write it in french since i'll prepare a 'conference' at my university based upon it: hey, my intented audience is frenchy.
Moreover, i've led it as a study of project, well sure that's no a burden it but for example it's a bit offside the way you present the topic in your doc.
But it is detailled, stuffed with example and very newbie friendly, at least I could swear :) Though it need some reform to fit your structure.
Listen, if you or anyone is interested in it, knowing that and, is a somewhat good french to english translator I'll share with' glad to have a early point of view ... and correction.
mathieu
* Mathieu Deschamps mdeschamps@mangrove-systems.com [040528 17:52]:
It is a way out for me.. and for others as you say below.
In what part of the code is this writing outp() ? It is not in vgabios.c is it ?
src/drivers/trident/blade3d/blade3d.c
Stefan
On Friday, May 28, 2004, at 08:52 AM, Mathieu Deschamps wrote:
For the time being, i'am at writing doc and well this is a needed step, first it helps me understand in the whole, second i've been ordered to do so.
I would gladly help ... what I could is bringing my doc to you and LinuxBios people. But I write it in french since i'll prepare a 'conference' at my university based upon it: hey, my intented audience is frenchy.
I can translate it to english for you.
Le ven 28/05/2004 à 18:25, Nathanael Noblet a écrit :
On Friday, May 28, 2004, at 08:52 AM, Mathieu Deschamps wrote:
For the time being, i'am at writing doc and well this is a needed step, first it helps me understand in the whole, second i've been ordered to do so.
I would gladly help ... what I could is bringing my doc to you and LinuxBios people. But I write it in french since i'll prepare a 'conference' at my university based upon it: hey, my intented audience is frenchy.
I can translate it to english for you.
So everythings seems OK. Let's do it. For me, since I got a realeaseable version , I let it on the maillist and/or on your mail. On the latter, this will be done in one or two weeks.
mathieu.
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