Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 07:06:31 -0400 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Farooq Mela <fmela0@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of agpgart device Message-ID: <20010721070631.A72108@evil.apt> In-Reply-To: <3B57EB1B.632B6EF0@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us>; from fmela0@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us on Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:26:03AM -0700 References: <3B5771B0.D5575CAC@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> <20010720142738.A456@evil.apt> <3B57EB1B.632B6EF0@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us>
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--KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For the i440BX, it should be fully operational and work just exactly like the linux counterpart. You shouldn't need the agpgart tarball, it sohuld=20 work (but only in XFree86 3.3.6). XFree86 4.x uses DRI exclusively. If you want to use that, you should visit dri.sourceforge.net. On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:26:03AM -0700, Farooq Mela wrote, and it was pro= claimed: > Hi, >=20 > Right, I've already got that: >=20 > agp0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> mem > 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 >=20 > That still doesnt answer my question about the agpgart (AGP > g-something address resolution table, or something similar - needed > for high-performance memory transfers). >=20 > -- Coleman Kane wrote: > >=20 > > 4.3-RELEASE comes with an agp device. Simply add agp_load=3D"YES" to yo= ur > > /boot/loader.conf file, or device agp to your kernel config file. It > > only supports certain AGP bridges though, look in /usr/src/sys/pci/agp* > > for more info. > >=20 > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 04:48:00PM -0700, Farooq Mela wrote, and it was= proclaimed: > > > Hi hackers@, > > > > > > What is the status of the /dev/agpgart device? (I'm running 4.3-STABLE > > > with a recent cvsup). Is it working, perhaps using a compatible > > > interface with the linux device the of the same name (I can dream > > > can't I ;-) ? I ask because I recently tried compiling Utah-GLX with > > > AGP acceleration support, and it requires a /dev/agpgart device, but > > > the testgart program errors out when it tries to ioctl the agpgart > > > device. > > > > > > The Utah-GLX website all provides a tarball > > > (http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/gart/agpgart-freebsd-20000619.tar.gz) > > > which includes a FreeBSD agpgart driver (as a KLD), but it fails to > > > compile. I believe it was for the FreeBSD 3.x series, and has tons of > > > compile errors. The documentation for the driver also states the as > > > part of the installation, a /dev/agpgart must be built, yet I already > > > had a /dev/agpgart device. This leads me to believe this driver is a > > > bit antiquated. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > -- > > > farooq <fmela0@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > >=20 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature >=20 > farooq <fmela0@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> >=20 --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7WWI3ERViMObJ880RAsoPAJ9hBH+QLEh4RDaWjnng4w/q+qCHQwCg3grG uA5VMZZ2ROmegEOJCv9Teno= =Xfuc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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