Re: clgenfb.c and i386 (Cirrus Logic FB)

Jes Sorensen (Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch)
17 Nov 1998 10:56:42 +0100


>>>>> "Richard" == Richard A Nelson <cowboy@vnet.ibm.com> writes:

Richard> I see that clgenfb.c isn't supported for i386 arch ;-{ Is
Richard> there a way to get this compiled and working to support this:
Richard> 00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

Richard> This device is has small (1 or 2m) memory, and is on the
Richard> motherboard of this IBM PC 300GL (and I'm sure many other
Richard> mobos)

I can't see why not, but I think it will require a bit of work by you
as it was written for a number of gfx boards which are non ISA/PCI and
which have all register access via MMIO. However, I don't think it
should be that hard to do, you may want to talk to Frank Neumann who
wrote the code.

Jes

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