On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:08:10 +1000 Dave Airlie <airl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 February 2015 at 00:44, Alex Deucher <alexdeuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:53 AM, <lausg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello. > >> > >> I'm looking for a PCI or AGP video card that would work on a Linux port > >> for a big endian architecture (HP PA-RISC). Unfortunately the stock video > >> options (ATI FireGL X1 and X3) give an incredibly slow unaccelerated 2D > >> due to failure to kickstart the command processor (radeon open source > >> driver). Neither folks from linux-parisc@ nor from dri-devel@ camps know > >> how to fix this. > >> > > > > The X1 and X3 are really old asics and the risc specific versions > > tended to have special firmware for that platform that the open driver > > does not handle properly. You might have better luck using a more > > modern GPU (e.g., an R5xx or newer based asic) with an x86 vbios. > > If memory serves PA-RISC had some restrictions on PCI BAR windows, it > wasn't just endianness problems. PCI isn't really the root bus so it's a bit odd. If you can live with 1024x768 then the ancient PCI Voodoo2 graphics cards in 2D mode don't even report as video cards, have minimal setup requirements and work on just about anything with a PCI bus. They are also usually available in the "junk box under the table" at computer shows. 3D is a bit trickier but the 2D acceleration is quite nice and can even do alpha blending (as it was in part designed to work with the 3D). Actually doing 3D is a different kettle of fish. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
