Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:35:05 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: System & <operator@spyder.bytecraft.au.com> Cc: northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI interpretation question AND Superprobe question Message-ID: <20030212143505.GA76024@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20030213011238.A30201@spyder.bytecraft.au.com> References: <200302121451.00506.murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> <3E49CB2D.5050207@ameritech.net> <20030213011238.A30201@spyder.bytecraft.au.com>
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:12:38AM +1100, System & wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:18:53PM -0500, northern snowfall wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1039 device 0x6326
> > > SiS 6326
> > >
> > The SiS 6326 has 8MB or 4MB on-board RAM. You should be able to let X
> > autodetect the video size by selecting 8MB in X86Config. If there is
> > less X will
> > figure it out with a probe.
> >
> > FYI, the BASE[0-2] values are either memory mapped I/O or classic port
> > I/O for transferring data to/from the PCI. It is not RAM.
> > Don
> >
> Thanks for the assist
>
> BTW .. X didnt get it right when I set 8192 in the X86Config file
> All I got was a _very_ streaky, torn image ... Ctrl-Alt-BkSp
> Set it to 4096 and all is great.
I take it you did not read the XFree86 documentation then.
If you did you would have found the following paragraph
VideoRAM size
The SiS chips can only directly address 4096K bytes of video RAM.
Some video cards using these chips are shipped with additional
video RAM. The videoRAM must be explicitly limited to 4096 for
those cards. Attempting to use the additional RAM leads to a
variety of scrambled screen artifacts.
(To find that text go to http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/ and click on
"Information for SiS users".)
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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se
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