Zhang Fuxin (fxzhang@ict.ac.cn) writes: > We have tried several cards on Algor P6032 board,but only matrox > Gxxx cards (G450 needs the latest code) can be used by linux kernel > without vga bios executed. With a x86 emulator we are able to use > Riva TNT2,and probably more can work. Unfortunately that emulator is > an executable from Algor, as a kindly help. We can't get more > control on it and finally give up... Just a note: Zhang, if you want source code of the Algorithmics simulator, we've no problem at all supplying it on our standard license. Whether that source is useful to you is another question: the BIOS emulator was created out of pieces of a complete x86 emulator, and it's a fairly complicated bit of software. One of my colleagues saw Zhang's request and said he'd consult, and then the message got lost - sorry. Our standard license is not GPL and it does have one restriction - if you build our software into something you sell, we ask you to get a further license from us before you take the money from your customers. We can be persuaded to put software out on GPL instead (as we did with the floating-point emulation code). But generally some commercial organisation - the difference only matters then, right? - has to ask nicely... -- Dominic Sweetman Algorithmics Ltd The Fruit Farm, Ely Road, Chittering, CAMBS CB5 9PH, ENGLAND phone +44 1223 706200/fax +44 1223 706250/direct +44 1223 706205 http://www.algor.co.uk
