On 12 February 2015 at 00:44, Alex Deucher <alexdeuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:53 AM, <lausg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I'm looking for a PCI or AGP video card that would work on a Linux port for >> a big endian architecture (HP PA-RISC). Unfortunately the stock video >> options (ATI FireGL X1 and X3) give an incredibly slow unaccelerated 2D due >> to failure to kickstart the command processor (radeon open source driver). >> Neither folks from linux-parisc@ nor from dri-devel@ camps know how to fix >> this. >> > > The X1 and X3 are really old asics and the risc specific versions > tended to have special firmware for that platform that the open driver > does not handle properly. You might have better luck using a more > modern GPU (e.g., an R5xx or newer based asic) with an x86 vbios.
If memory serves PA-RISC had some restrictions on PCI BAR windows, it wasn't just endianness problems. Dave. _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
