On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 05:40:30PM +0200, Daniel Lang wrote: > Hiho, > > There seems no freebsd-xfree list, but this is only XFree related, > it's rather kernel oriented. > > Matrox offers a RedHat-Linux driver for their Parhelia based boards > (Parhelia, P650, P750). The XFree86 driver module mtx_drv.o itself > is OS independent and works with FreeBSD, as successfully > tested on my desk, even with a multihead configuration. :) > > Alas, to use acceleration (2D xaa as well as 3D dri, OpenGL, > etc) it requires a kernel module to enable bus mastering on > the card. (I don't know if this is a common thing with Linux, > or with some graphic boards? I am not aware of bus mastering > is required for AGP boards, isn't AGP a dedicated bus anyway?)
AFAIK, you can enable bus mastering using pciconf(8) by setting appropriate registers. Why do you need any additional kernel module? Or I'm completely missing the point? -ip -- Ask not for whom the telephone bell tolls ... if thou art in the bathtub, it tolls for thee. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
