From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guido Guenther Subject: Re: rivafb: finally enable NV30 based pbooks/cleanup probe errors Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:33:14 +0100 Message-ID: <20041119133314.GG6409@bogon.ms20.nix> References: <20041118164946.GA3763@bogon.ms20.nix> <20041119080951.GA6409@bogon.ms20.nix> <200411191909.13371.adaplas@hotpop.com> <200411191224.00921.andrew@walrond.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CV97L-0003MJ-Sy for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:48:03 -0800 Received: from honk1.physik.uni-konstanz.de ([134.34.140.224]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.41) id 1CV97G-0001gv-36 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:48:03 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200411191224.00921.andrew@walrond.org> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Andrew Walrond Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, "Antonino A. Daplas" , Wolfram Quester On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 12:24:00PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote: > On Friday 19 Nov 2004 11:09, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > > > Anyway, I'm planning to write another driver for nvidia, based on xorg > > sources, as nvidiafb. The rivafb uses programmed io, whereas the newer > > chipsets uses DMA, and without docs, that's the only way we can support > > newer chipsets (use X sources). > > > > How come xorg have more information than you? Is their (open source) driver > provided by NVidia? The driver was originally written by Mark Vojkovich who had access to the documentation. -- Guido ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8