"Andrew Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Iain Sandoe wrote: > > > > because it's useful? ;-) > > Interesting word. I wonder what it means. But all seriousness > aside, what I meant was that if I was going to do some development > on this, I would also simultaneously work on getting the aty128 > direct driver to work. In other words if it's already in the 128 > driver, then I would try to get that working on Pismo, rather than > try adding CRT support to the fb driver. I'm trying to make sense, > really I am. Someone else mentioned that X4 and X3 vary greatly. I > am aware of those differences.
I'm not clear how the drivers are all related to one another. I believe that the framebuffer is the actual server module, while the r128_driver.c is just the low level stuff. I'm not sure at all, but I suppose I'll know a lot more in a few days ;-) > OK, some I'm starting to get the clue that Pismo is the G3 powerbook > w/ rage128, as opposed to Wallstreet, which is G3 PB w/mach64? A > couple more years and I'm sure I'll have it straight. Sorry, yes, pismo is the G3 Firewire. jas.
