Robin Edwards schrieb:
I currently have a pci rage128 installed in my mac running sid. if i
replaced this card with a pc pci graphics card (dual head would be
ideal). would i beable to get this to working under linux. im aware
that there are graphics card especially for macs, but id prefer to use
a standard pc one if it will work.
Hi,
you'll probably have to flash the cards eeprom to do this. as a pc
graphics card's eeprom contains code that is run on it's host
architecture (e.g. intel cpu) it won't work with the different host
architecture of a mac (g3 cpu, different endian, different instructions,
...). This would not be a matter if the eeprom exclusively contains
code that is run on a cpu embedded on the graphics card.
I read that explanation somewhere in another newsgroup, don't know if
it's a 100% right - should be somewhere in theat vicinity though.
For a step-by-step on how to convert ati radeon eeprom's look here:
http://www.appletalk.com.au/articles/index.php?article=352
Regards,
Christian
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