From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <390F4501.889D2C82@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 17:13:37 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Display Adapters / i386 interpreter References: <390F42CB.11AAF8D@vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com wrote: > Is there an IA32 interpreter of sorts that can run the small amount of > BIOS to bring up the card? That's the solution that PPC (AFAIK), Alpha AXP, and XFree86 all use. (though XFree uses vm86 mode if present/possible, and also runs the BIOS for non-primary adapters) Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | Nothing cures insomnia like the Building 1024 | realization that it's time to get up. MandrakeSoft, Inc. | -- random fortune ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/