Re: Supporting LINUX on sparc Ultra 10

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Keith R Kilby wrote:
> I have recently installed the Aurora (Redhat 7.3) version of linux on a 
> Sun Ultra10.
> 
> I am able to get the system up and working to a terminal screen and can 
> start xwindows with the on board graphics card, which appears to be so 
> form of ATI Rage Pro. However, the Ultra10 is badged as a Creator3D and 
> appears to be fitted with an additional display card which seems to be a 
> Creative 3D.  I  am trying to ascertain wether any of the XFree86 
> servers will provide support on the Sparc architecture for this card or 
> if the source could be used to produce a suitable server for such a system.
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 

 From Sun and XFree docs, I think you should be able to use it with the 
sunffb driver.
I'mm wondering if it's going to have a good hardware acceleration 
support, though, since Sun 3D cards are quite proprietary.

Would you post your results and if it works, how fast it feels ?

Thanks!

Laurent Blume

Ref:
http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status32.html#32
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=finfodoc%2F18871&zone_32=ffb


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