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Date:      Thu, 10 Sep 1998 09:38:14 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu>
To:        Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Neomagic Chipset Driver for Linux? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809100935380.12831-100000@lambic.physics.montana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <8980.905438703@cloud.rain.com>

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[Bill relates:]

>We don't need no steenking Linux....   (-:
>
>Someone produced (on their own, I assume) the drivers necessary to make
>X_SVGA work with the NeoMagic chips.  They wrote it for Linux, but I
>personally attest to it working under FreeBSD, too.
>
>Wander on over to http://www.monumental.com/js/Neomagic.html and you
>should find everything you need

I've actually done this, and I'm proud to say it worked the first time!
(I had to fiddle with XF86Config a bit, but I don't feel like I've done my
job unless I've had to fiddle that knob.)  The thing is, I think RedHat
signed the NDA and wrote the driver -- replete with the bits to get the
accelleration to work.  This driver is a bit slow in comparison, I'm told.  

It would just be neat to get the accelleration stuff working too.  (RedHat
says on their web page they'll be releasing the source to XFree86 if and
when NeoMagic allows them to.)


Brian


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