On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 06:16:41AM +0900, ISHIKAWA Mutsumi wrote: > >>>>> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 04:07:30AM +0900, ISHIKAWA Mutsumi wrote: > > >> > >> > I put a patch to build fix on SPARC and new MANIFEST.sparc. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > http://people.debian.org/~ishikawa/XFree86/4.2.0-0pre1v3/sparc/101_sparc_ati_without_vgahw.diff > >> > > >> > >> This is a bad patch IMHO. > >> > > >> > I have a question: > >> > > >> > Are RADEON and Rage128 supports need on SPARC currently? > >> > Some some SPARC workstation/server uses RADEON and/or Rage128? > >> > > >> > I know some SPARC workstations (e.g Ultra5) use mach64 graphic chip. > >> > So, we need mac64 support. We should not drop ati mac64 drivers. > >> > > >> > But I don't know RADEON or Rage128 graphic borad for SPARC. > >> > If RADEON/Rage128 board for SPARC does exist, we need more hack > >> > to support these (but I don't have the board and enough time to do > >> > this...). > > >> Well, i guess the Ultra5 have pci slots, so you could imagine putting a > >> pci radeon or rage128 board in it, is it not ? > > I believe the firmware on these cards are written in ix86 code, so > these cards will not run on the SPARC.
Evil, evil boards with closed firmware. BTW, what about using a apple radeon board, they most assuredly don't have ix86 firmware, but then maybe all the intialization is done in the OF driver or whatever. Friendly, Sven Luther
