[parisc-linux] C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[parisc-linux] C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[B. Douglas Hilton]

I have gotten my C200 back online and started some preliminary
work with the Voodoo2 PCI card. I currently have it plugged into
one of the 5V/32bit slots which may or may not be optimal.

Anyways,

1. Linux Kernel 2.4.19-pa2 sstfb Voodoo1/2 framebuffer

  Well, the kernel compiled with the sstfb without
  any errors. When I booted I got a black and white
  checkerboard pattern on the Voodoo2 monitor. I had
  disabled the stifb console, thinking that the kernel
  might pick the sstfb for a console, but it didn't.
  Just blankness for a while, then a checkerboard
  pattern.

  I think this is encouraging and I think it is working.
  I'm currently recompiling and will post some more news
  later as I experiment some more with it. Next I will
  try and put a console on the sstfb or even try running
  X on it.


2. glide3-alpha-0.cvs.20010711

  This is the Debian source for Glide3 on the Alpha arch,
  which is also big-endian. Initial compilation failed in
  multiple places about missing sys/io.h which I have
  located a file of that name in /usr/include/asm. I'll
  see if I can figure out how best to correct this and try
  again.


Cheers!
- Doug

Re: [parisc-linux] C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[Derek Engelhaupt]

And I'm just happy that I got X/KDE to work on the built in graphics
card on my C180...finally.  Keep it up since I have a Voodoo2 available
to try on my C180 if you're successful.

derek

--- "B. Douglas Hilton" <bdhilton@charter.net> wrote:
> I have gotten my C200 back online and started some preliminary
> work with the Voodoo2 PCI card. I currently have it plugged into
> one of the 5V/32bit slots which may or may not be optimal.
> 
> Anyways,
> 
> 1. Linux Kernel 2.4.19-pa2 sstfb Voodoo1/2 framebuffer
> 
>   Well, the kernel compiled with the sstfb without
>   any errors. When I booted I got a black and white
>   checkerboard pattern on the Voodoo2 monitor. I had
>   disabled the stifb console, thinking that the kernel
>   might pick the sstfb for a console, but it didn't.
>   Just blankness for a while, then a checkerboard
>   pattern.
> 
>   I think this is encouraging and I think it is working.
>   I'm currently recompiling and will post some more news
>   later as I experiment some more with it. Next I will
>   try and put a console on the sstfb or even try running
>   X on it.
> 
> 
> 2. glide3-alpha-0.cvs.20010711
> 
>   This is the Debian source for Glide3 on the Alpha arch,
>   which is also big-endian. Initial compilation failed in
>   multiple places about missing sys/io.h which I have
>   located a file of that name in /usr/include/asm. I'll
>   see if I can figure out how best to correct this and try
>   again.
> 
> 
> Cheers!
> - Doug
> 
> 
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RE: [parisc-linux] C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[Tobias Giesen]

Doug,

thanks very much for the report! Looking forward to trying this myself.

> Next I will try and put a console on 
> the sstfb or even try running X on it.

X via frame buffer would be great, I'll be happy
to work without glide.

Cheers,
Tobias

[parisc-linux] Re: C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 05:49:55PM -0400, B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
>   This is the Debian source for Glide3 on the Alpha arch,
>   which is also big-endian. Initial compilation failed in

nope.  alpha is little-endian.

LE: alpha, arm, cris, i386, ia64, superh
BE: m68k, mips, parisc, ppc, s390, sparc

(yes, i know many of these CPUs are bi-endian, but these are the default
configs)

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[parisc-linux] Re: C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[B. Douglas Hilton]

Hrrmm... things aren't quite so easy as I first thought.
For one, the Voodoo2 is a 5V PCI card so it will not fit
into the Cujo slots, only Dino.

Likewise, glide3-alpha wants to use <sys/io.h> which just
isn't there on hppa because that file is particular to
alpha and x86 archs as I understand it. I tried hacking
it to use <asm/io.h> instead which caused a cascade of
about a hundred errors when it got to that point. So
glide3-alpha needs some looking at.

On the kernel front, I can build the sstfb module allright,
which it must be made as a module or else an invisible
HPMC apparently occurs. I know this because after it switches
to fb console mode, nothing more is seen and hitting the
power button causes instant power-off rather than the normal
graceful shutdown.

When I "modprobe sstfb" it appears to load, except it is
reporting that my 12Mb card only has 2Mb. The fbset program
does not segfault, but complains about "Obsolete Major on
/dev/fb1". The con2fb util doesn't report any errors but
neither does it seem to do anything, and finally, a subsequent
"$export FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb1; startx -- :0 -bpp 16 vt06"
causes a lockup and suspected HPMC.

So, it seems like this stuff will require some working on.
If anybody else wants to help out too that would be great
because my time is limited and programming video cards is
a bit above my level, but I'll keep tinkering with it in
the meantime. I know some assembly and hardware basics but
am not very familiar with pa-risc yet.

- Doug



Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 05:49:55PM -0400, B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
> 
>>  This is the Debian source for Glide3 on the Alpha arch,
>>  which is also big-endian. Initial compilation failed in
> 
> 
> nope.  alpha is little-endian.
> 
> LE: alpha, arm, cris, i386, ia64, superh
> BE: m68k, mips, parisc, ppc, s390, sparc
> 
> (yes, i know many of these CPUs are bi-endian, but these are the default
> configs)
> 

[parisc-linux] Re: C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[B. Douglas Hilton]

Hrrmm... things aren't quite so easy as I first thought.
For one, the Voodoo2 is a 5V PCI card so it will not fit
into the Cujo slots, only Dino.

Likewise, glide3-alpha wants to use <sys/io.h> which just
isn't there on hppa because that file is particular to
alpha and x86 archs as I understand it. I tried hacking
it to use <asm/io.h> instead which caused a cascade of
about a hundred errors when it got to that point. So
glide3-alpha needs some looking at.

On the kernel front, I can build the sstfb module allright,
which it must be made as a module or else an invisible
HPMC apparently occurs. I know this because after it switches
to fb console mode, nothing more is seen and hitting the
power button causes instant power-off rather than the normal
graceful shutdown.

When I "modprobe sstfb" it appears to load, except it is
reporting that my 12Mb card only has 2Mb. The fbset program
does not segfault, but complains about "Obsolete Major on
/dev/fb1". The con2fb util doesn't report any errors but
neither does it seem to do anything, and finally, a subsequent
"$export FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb1; startx -- :0 -bpp 16 vt06"
causes a lockup and suspected HPMC.

So, it seems like this stuff will require some working on.
If anybody else wants to help out too that would be great
because my time is limited and programming video cards is
a bit above my level, but I'll keep tinkering with it in
the meantime. I know some assembly and hardware basics but
am not very familiar with pa-risc yet.

- Doug



Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 05:49:55PM -0400, B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
> 
>>  This is the Debian source for Glide3 on the Alpha arch,
>>  which is also big-endian. Initial compilation failed in
> 
> 
> nope.  alpha is little-endian.
> 
> LE: alpha, arm, cris, i386, ia64, superh
> BE: m68k, mips, parisc, ppc, s390, sparc
> 
> (yes, i know many of these CPUs are bi-endian, but these are the default
> configs)
> 

RE: [parisc-linux] Re: C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[Tobias Giesen]

> For one, the Voodoo2 is a 5V PCI card so it 
> will not fit into the Cujo slots, only Dino.

Which means some people can't use it? But you and I 
have 5V slots allright, don't we.

> programming video cards is a bit above my level

Mine too!! Things always seem to be more difficult than
you'd think at first. In any case I will now try to 
repeat your initial steps, and I'll be very happy if I get
to the checkerboard pattern.

Cheers,
Tobias

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[B. Douglas Hilton]

The C200 and probably C160, 180, 240, and 360
have two three different busses inside: the
Hewlett-Packard GSC bus, 5V/32bit PCI (dino),
and 3V/64bit PCI (cujo). Some PCI cards are
universal and have two punchouts. The 3V cards
have the punchout close to the outside edge of
the card, and 5V are the other way around.
You can use a 3V/32bit card in a 3V/64bit
slot with no problems. The Voodoo2 is 5V
only and will not fit into one of the Cujo slots.


Tobias Giesen wrote:
>>For one, the Voodoo2 is a 5V PCI card so it 
>>will not fit into the Cujo slots, only Dino.
> 
> 
> Which means some people can't use it? But you and I 
> have 5V slots allright, don't we.
> 

Right, C200 has both types. See above.

> 
>>programming video cards is a bit above my level
> 
> 
> Mine too!! Things always seem to be more difficult than
> you'd think at first. In any case I will now try to 
> repeat your initial steps, and I'll be very happy if I get
> to the checkerboard pattern.
> 

Yeah, not sure what did that. After rebuilding the sstfb
as a module and modprobe'ing it, I got a couple of colored
blocks, but not the checkerboard. I'm not sure of the exact
sequence as I haven't hooked up the spare monitor yet but
was switching the VGA cable back and forth. Further testing
seems warranted.

My C200 is back offline temporarily. I'm re-wiring my LAN
as it has gotten to be a horrendous mess of tangled wires
and cables after unplugging and replugging things for
several months. Need to straighten it out again :-)

I think I'll put the C200 onto my KVM switch with my X86 box
and reconsolidate it. I don't believe I'll be cracking the
case open anymore so it can be stowed away better than it is.
I put something like 370Mb RAM into it, a cdrom, an EEPro100,
and the Voodoo2. It is pretty well maxed out unless I run
low on HDD space which seems unlikely considering I just use
it as a hobby linux hacking box.

Thats it for now.

- Doug

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 09:06:32PM -0400, B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
> The C200 and probably C160, 180, 240, and 360
> have two three different busses inside: the
> Hewlett-Packard GSC bus, 5V/32bit PCI (dino),
> and 3V/64bit PCI (cujo).

... and some have an EISA slot provided by Wax.  I'm not sure exactly
which configurations exist, but the hwdb thinks that Cujo was only
used in the C200+, C240+, C360 and J2240.  The hwdb is slightly limited
in that there's only one profile per name, when it's possible to have
different configurations of the same box.  All B/C class boxes of that
era are guaranteed to have a Dino though, so there's no real problem
with requiring the use of a 5V slot.

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[parisc-linux] Re: C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 05:49:55PM -0400, B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
>   This is the Debian source for Glide3 on the Alpha arch,
>   which is also big-endian. Initial compilation failed in

nope.  alpha is little-endian.

LE: alpha, arm, cris, i386, ia64, superh
BE: m68k, mips, parisc, ppc, s390, sparc

(yes, i know many of these CPUs are bi-endian, but these are the default
configs)

-- 
Revolutions do not require corporate support.