Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:17:30 -0800 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Got X working with via driver ( Re: Another EPIA M 9000 update ) results (was Re: Lower power SMP boxes?)) Message-ID: <200302111717.30999.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <200302110157.h1B1v0TZ027206@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302101506320.49102-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <200302110157.h1B1v0TZ027206@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Monday 10 February 2003 17:57, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Very nasty but I got X working with the via driver by dummying up > libddmpeg (which is supplied along with via_drv.o on the VIA EPIA M 9000 > CD). Basically I linked libddmpeg.a with a dummy program to pull in the > required symbols and generated a new .so which does not link against > libc.so.6. > > With the dummied up libdmpeg.so in place the VIA-supplied driver > works. It complains a bit, but it works. > > http://apollo.backplane.com/FreeBSD/ > > I'll keep the page up unless VIA complains to me. I don't know why > they would, though. How dare you sell our products for us! Stop it this instant! I certainly hope they're not that stupid. I'm going to get a couple of these as test machines in our lab. Thanks for going the extra mile on this (as always) Matt. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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