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List:       dri-users
Subject:    Re: [Dri-users] Alpha, PPC and others...
From:       Alan Hourihane <ahourihane () valinux ! com>
Date:       2001-04-23 12:31:43
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:28:44PM +0300, Harri Haataja wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:15:59PM +0300, Harri Haataja wrote:
> > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:28:27AM +0300, Harri Haataja wrote:
> > > > > > Though non-x86 platforms are shown as not working with DRI on Linux have
> > > > > > any of them been tested for testing sake to see if they will work anyway?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I believe pci gart support is a major hurdle.
> > > > > 
> > > > PCI GART for the Rage128 is done and on the trunk. Radeon currently isn't
> > > > working and thus PCI GART is disabled for it.
> > > 
> > > What I'm mainly implyin is that those architectures mostly don't have AGP.
>                                                         ^^^^^^
> > > At least the 166MHz Alpha, which is probably axppci33 or Multia will only
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > have PCI (and ISA in noname).
> 
> > Wrong. Many new Alpha boxes have AGP. the G4 Macintoshes have AGP.
>   ^^^^^
> 
> (Response was coloured by the original question)
> 
Right. But what I'm trying to say is that the PCI GART support is done for
the Rage128. So if you plugged a Rage128 PCI card into an Alpha or PPC box
it should? work. It works on x86 platforms with PCI GART, so please let us
know what results you get if it doesn't work for you.

Alan.

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