Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:00:47 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.5.51 |
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On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, James Simmons wrote: > > How well does this driver work if you don't have a firmware > > driver initialize the card? aka a pci option ROM. > > > > I am interested because with LinuxBIOS it is still a pain to run > > PCI option roms, and I don't necessarily even have then if it a > > motherboard with video. There are some embedded/non-x86 platforms > > with similar issues. > > > > My primary interest is in the cheap ATI Rage XL chip that is on many > > server board. PCI Vendor/device id 1002:4752 (rev 27) from lspci. > > > > If nothing else if some one could point me to some resources on > > how to get the appropriate documentation from the video chipset > > manufacturers I would be happy. > > > > But I did want to at least point that running a system with out bios > > initialized video was certainly among the cases that are used. > > Unfortunely ATI doesn't like to release info on what needs to be done to > initialize without frimware. I really wish this was the case. I did see > email back about someone getting a mach64 card working without firmware. > They used a bus analysiser to do this. I will see what kind of patches I > can dig up.
Indeed, just ask Steve Longerbeam <stevel@mvista.com>.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
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