From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: STI text console for ATI FireGL cards?
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:17:26 +0100
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To: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
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Hi Thomas,

On 11/01/2013 01:01 AM, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:26:00PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
>> Does the ATI FireGL cards (in e.g. a C8000) have a STI ROM?
> 
> I wonder how many times I need to write that. They don't have STI ROMs.
> The C8000 PDC must have an x86 emulator, which is used for POSTing
> VGA cards.

Yeah, I remember you mentioned that earlier....
 
> I've successfully installed normal Nvidia and AMD cards (both PCI and
> AGP cards). For me radeonfb is working as console, but without any
> acceleration (ring test failure problem).

At least unaccelerated radeonfb is still much better than STI console.

Thanks!
Helge