Re: PCI interpretation question AND Superprobe question
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 01:35 am, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:12:38AM +1100, System & wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:18:53PM -0500, northern snowfall wrote: > > > >pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1039 device 0x6326 > > > > SiS 6326 > > > > > > The SiS 6326 has 8MB or 4MB on-board RAM. You should be able to let X > > > autodetect the video size by selecting 8MB in X86Config. If there is > > > less X will > > > figure it out with a probe. > > > > > > FYI, the BASE[0-2] values are either memory mapped I/O or classic port > > > I/O for transferring data to/from the PCI. It is not RAM. > > > Don > > > > Thanks for the assist > > > > BTW .. X didnt get it right when I set 8192 in the X86Config file > > All I got was a _very_ streaky, torn image ... Ctrl-Alt-BkSp > > Set it to 4096 and all is great. > > I take it you did not read the XFree86 documentation then. > If you did you would have found the following paragraph > >VideoRAM size > The SiS chips can only directly address 4096K bytes of video RAM. > Some video cards using these chips are shipped with additional > video RAM. The videoRAM must be explicitly limited to 4096 for > those cards. Attempting to use the additional RAM leads to a > variety of scrambled screen artifacts. > > (To find that text go to http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/ and click on > "Information for SiS users".) Ahah... also in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.SiS (machine was shutdown over weekend therefore nothing useful in locate db -- now updated) tks This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: PCI interpretation question AND Superprobe question
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:12:38AM +1100, System & wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:18:53PM -0500, northern snowfall wrote: > > > > > > > > >pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1039 device 0x6326 > > > SiS 6326 > > > > > The SiS 6326 has 8MB or 4MB on-board RAM. You should be able to let X > > autodetect the video size by selecting 8MB in X86Config. If there is > > less X will > > figure it out with a probe. > > > > FYI, the BASE[0-2] values are either memory mapped I/O or classic port > > I/O for transferring data to/from the PCI. It is not RAM. > > Don > > > Thanks for the assist > > BTW .. X didnt get it right when I set 8192 in the X86Config file > All I got was a _very_ streaky, torn image ... Ctrl-Alt-BkSp > Set it to 4096 and all is great. I take it you did not read the XFree86 documentation then. If you did you would have found the following paragraph VideoRAM size The SiS chips can only directly address 4096K bytes of video RAM. Some video cards using these chips are shipped with additional video RAM. The videoRAM must be explicitly limited to 4096 for those cards. Attempting to use the additional RAM leads to a variety of scrambled screen artifacts. (To find that text go to http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/ and click on "Information for SiS users".) -- Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: PCI interpretation question AND Superprobe question
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:18:53PM -0500, northern snowfall wrote: > > > > > >pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1039 device 0x6326 > > SiS 6326 > > > The SiS 6326 has 8MB or 4MB on-board RAM. You should be able to let X > autodetect the video size by selecting 8MB in X86Config. If there is > less X will > figure it out with a probe. > > FYI, the BASE[0-2] values are either memory mapped I/O or classic port > I/O for transferring data to/from the PCI. It is not RAM. > Don > Thanks for the assist BTW .. X didnt get it right when I set 8192 in the X86Config file All I got was a _very_ streaky, torn image ... Ctrl-Alt-BkSp Set it to 4096 and all is great. (normally I would have opened the box and ripped out the card and read the RAM chip label, but _someone_ (now beaten with a dead rat) was of the opinion that TORX screws were a GOOD THING. (the idea was to _secure_ the cabinets so that the ungodly couldnt rip off hardware easily ...) It was pointed out that 'developers' actually _need_ access occasionally, and long lunches by the TORX holder are now a thing of the past! And I now have a TORX tool 8-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: PCI interpretation question AND Superprobe question
pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1039 device 0x6326 SiS 6326 The SiS 6326 has 8MB or 4MB on-board RAM. You should be able to let X autodetect the video size by selecting 8MB in X86Config. If there is less X will figure it out with a probe. FYI, the BASE[0-2] values are either memory mapped I/O or classic port I/O for transferring data to/from the PCI. It is not RAM. Don To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
PCI interpretation question AND Superprobe question
Not knowing diddly about the guts of PCI, can a guru type tell me if this scanpci -v snippet has anything about the actual video ram onboard ... pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1039 device 0x6326 SiS 6326 CardVendor 0x1039 card 0x6326 (SiS 6326 based card) STATUS0x0230 COMMAND 0x0007 CLASS 0x03 0x00 0x00 REVISION 0x0b BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x40 CACHE 0x00 BASE0 0xf788 addr 0xf780 MEM PREFETCHABLE BASE1 0xf680 addr 0xf680 MEM BASE2 0xd801 addr 0xd800 I/O BASEROM 0xf77f addr 0xf77f not-decode-enabled MAX_LAT 0x00 MIN_GNT 0x02 INT_PIN 0x00 INT_LINE 0x00 BYTE_00x4015001 BYTE_1 0x00 BYTE_2 0x00 BYTE_3 0x00 I am currently running XFree86 4.1 from ports on this card and have it set up as 512k, and am hoping for MORE ;-) BTW setting up a machine from a JP-SNAPSHOT then cvsupping source building world and building XFree86 v 4 _without_ previously installing XFree86 v3.x, seems to omit the installation of Superprobe. Can I build Superprobe without backstepping the Xfree86 v3 ?? This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
