ATI Rage XL

ATI Rage XL

[Michael Stickel]

Hi.

I am new to the list.
I have a MIPS32 based platform with miniPCI slots and an ATI Rage XL.
There where rumors that there is code in the 2.6 Kernel that initializes 
the card for non-x86 platforms. I have found a file called xlinit.c
with a function atyfb_xl_init in it, but I did not find a place where it 
is called. I read that it is a patch from SGI to get the Rage XL running
on non X86 platforms.

Is all that only a rumor or does anyone have a pointer where to find
more information about the ATI Rage XL in non x86 platforms.

Michael
michael@cubic.org

ATI Rage XL

[cp]

hi
in the PA wiki (1) the ATI Rage XL (mach64) is reported to have
worked. In combination with the fbdev X-server from XFree86/X.org

I think the news was related to kernel 2.6 or something very old.

Can anyone confirm it's still working with kernel 5.*?

I don't happen to have a card to test myself. Not yet.

C.



(1) https://parisc.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Graphics_howto

Re: ATI Rage XL

[cp]

Apple PowerBook-G3 use these cards

Name       , Model , GPU             , driver , vram ;
wallstreet , M4753 , ATI Rage LT     , mach64 ,  2MB ;
lombard    , M5343 , ATI Rage Pro LT , mach64 ,  8MB ;
pismo      , M5343 , ATI Rage 128    , ati128 ,  8MB ;

So maybe there is still some interest in supporting their kernel drivers.
Sooner or later I will try to grab some of these PCI cards and try
them with HPPA on modern 5 kernels. *

I know there is also a miniPCI version of the ATI RageXL and it's used
with some IBM servers, so again, maybe there is still some interest
even from those guys ...

On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 at 11:09, cp <carlojpisani@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hi
> in the PA wiki (1) the ATI Rage XL (mach64) is reported to have
> worked. In combination with the fbdev X-server from XFree86/X.org
>
> I think the news was related to kernel 2.6 or something very old.
>
> Can anyone confirm it's still working with kernel 5.*?
>
> I don't happen to have a card to test myself. Not yet.
>
> C.
>
>
>
> (1) https://parisc.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Graphics_howto

Re: ATI Rage XL

[cp]

anyone?

any news about the mach64 support with kernel 5.* ?
cheers

> hi
> in the PA wiki (1) the ATI Rage XL (mach64) is reported to have
> worked. In combination with the fbdev X-server from XFree86/X.org
>
> I think the news was related to kernel 2.6 or something very old.
>
> Can anyone confirm it's still working with kernel 5.*?
>
> I don't happen to have a card to test myself. Not yet.
> (1) https://parisc.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Graphics_howto