Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 18:27:20 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad 770 Message-ID: <199901050127.SAA01707@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <19990105121046.F10410@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> References: <19990105112933.A10547@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> <199901050047.RAA23841@pluto.plutotech.com> <19990105121046.F10410@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
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> >>>I'm considering purchasing one of these guys and I'm hoping that someone > >>>out there can confirm getting FreeBSD up and running on it. It looks like > >>>XFree86 supports the Trident video chipset it uses and I would expect > >> > >>I'm not sure that it does. Which chip is it? There is preliminary > >>(untested) support for a new Trident laptop chipset about to go into > >>our development version, and I've seen at least one report that the > >>Thinkpad 770X uses that one. > >> > >>David > > > >The specs I have say it uses the Trident Cyber9397DVD chipset. > > A report I saw today indicates that the chip has a different PCI ID > from the earlier (non-DVD?) Cyber9397. It may be otherwise compatible, > but I haven't seen that confirmed. For what it's worth: .... Xi Graphics is pleased to announce fully accelerated support for the IBM Thinkpad 770X, which uses a Trident Cyber 9397 DVD chipset. This update provides fully accelerated support at 8, 16, and 24 bits per pixel. ... Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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