From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net (flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.232]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095854844 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 08:47:10 -0600 (MDT) Received: from 209-165-118-200.dsl.earthlink.net ([209.165.118.200] helo=cactus.bheadley.org) by flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17Ofyn-0007gv-00 for parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 07:47:09 -0700 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=earthlink.net ident=bheadley) by cactus.bheadley.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Og00-0001lA-00 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 09:48:24 -0500 Message-ID: <3D1F1A32.7060407@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 09:48:18 -0500 From: "Bryan W. Headley" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Subject: [parisc-linux] XFree-4.2 and C110 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Tried the new 4.2.0 snapshots on my C110. It tells me it cannot find the framebuffer, and can't support 24-bit color (even though 4.1 can). The system appears to be looking in /proc/bus/pci to look for video cards and framebuffers, which is a bogus way to find video cards on a PC, too (VESA bus, ISA, EISA, MCA... where is that video card?) On the sparc/32, they're going down /proc/openprom to find the video adapter; I'm wondering if it's appropriate to try to expose the device list the kernel sees during bootup as a /proc file, and then write a special handler like they have for "sbus". I'm not too fond of synthesizing a "pci" directory, and making up fake IDs for things that aren't PCI cards... a) anyone already come up with a better solution? b) if one has to be developed, is a little file in /proc the way to go? -- ____ .:. ____ Bryan W. Headley - bwheadley@earthlink.net