From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 09 May 2007 11:11:47 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.domino-printing.com ([64.212.99.82]:9221 "EHLO UK-HC-PS1.domino-printing.com") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20022384AbXEIKLp convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2007 11:11:45 +0100 Received: from emea-exchange3.emea.dps.local (emea-exchange3.emea.dps.local) by UK-HC-PS1.domino-printing.com (Clearswift SMTPRS 5.2.5) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 11:13:22 +0100 Received: from tuxator2.emea.dps.local ([192.168.55.75]) by emea-exchange3.emea.dps.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 9 May 2007 12:13:27 +0200 From: Ulrich Eckhardt Organization: Sator Laser GmbH To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: PCI video card on SGI O2 Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 12:12:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <1978.129.133.142.66.1178605460.squirrel@webmail.wesleyan.edu> <876473x0jx.wl@betelheise.deep.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705091212.32061.eckhardt@satorlaser.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 May 2007 10:13:27.0778 (UTC) FILETIME=[AFB53420:01C79222] Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 14998 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: eckhardt@satorlaser.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Tuesday 08 May 2007 09:22, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > It's a pity the Millenium doesn't fit, as matroxfb is about the only > frame buffer device that can initialize a graphics card from scratch, > without help from the BIOS... I'm not sure if this is the same thing you are referring to, but I have a G4 Mac Mini which has a Radeon 9200 chip. The autodetection does not find a BIOS ROM (is that what you meant?) but it works nonetheless, both with FB and X.org. From reading the sources, it seems that this is even normal, in particular for embedded graphic chips as typically found in laptops. Uli -- Sator Laser GmbH Geschäftsführer: Ronald Boers, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 ************************************************************************************** Visit our website at ************************************************************************************** Diese E-Mail einschließlich sämtlicher Anhänge ist nur für den Adressaten bestimmt und kann vertrauliche Informationen enthalten. Bitte benachrichtigen Sie den Absender umgehend, falls Sie nicht der beabsichtigte Empfänger sein sollten. Die E-Mail ist in diesem Fall zu löschen und darf weder gelesen, weitergeleitet, veröffentlicht oder anderweitig benutzt werden. E-Mails können durch Dritte gelesen werden und Viren sowie nichtautorisierte Änderungen enthalten. Sator Laser GmbH ist für diese Folgen nicht verantwortlich. **************************************************************************************