On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, John Jeffers wrote: > Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > Does the kernel ATI or Nvidia framebuffer code rely on OF init on PowerPC? > > > > Yes. > > > > There used to be initialization code in Linux for the ATI RAGE XL, but > > last time someone tried, it no longer worked. > > > > All other cards need to be initialized by the BIOS (or Open Firmware). > > > Well said. Thats a part I missed Geert. Do you recall any link to any
It was in early 2.6. http://osdir.com/ml/fbdev.devel/2004-05/msg00190.html > particular code? (Not that there is a working i386 emulator for coldfire.) Oh yes, there's a plain C one in Xorg, IIRC. > And would I have a better chance on a ATI X1250 or Radeon. I'd love to get > this working and contribute it back. For those you definitely need to run the BIOS code. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
