Quoting Gerald Champagne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I'd like to port a directfb system to a mips platform, and > I'm having some trouble locating a video card that will work > on a mips platform. I need a card that is pci-based and does > not require bios initialization (or it must be documented so > I can rewrite the initialization myself). Does anyone know > how to tell if a given video card requires bios support, or > how to know what the bios is doing?
You can use a G200 PCI, but I don't know if there are any with TV-out. You can also try a G450 PCI, but the TV-out isn't supported under Linux. AFAIK there are problems with Macrovision that could be disabled. Time for examining the DAC registers under Windows before and during TV-out usage. Another problem with the G450 PCI is that it has an own PCI bridge on-board. I don't know if that is supported. The last time we tried to use it in an ARM Integrator it couldn't map the memory of the card. > Actually, I'd prefer to have a standard ntsc tv output if > possible, and I don't really need vga at all. Is there a simple > pci card that allows me to output an ntsc signal? My guess is > that if I can find something like this that's not a standard > video card, it won't require bios support. As already suggested the Tvia CyberPro 5xxx is a reasonable chip for developing TV based systems. The ugly thing about it is that is VGA compatible and therefore a journey to hell programming it ;) -- Best regards, Denis Oliver Kropp .------------------------------------------. | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | | http://www.directfb.org/ | "------------------------------------------" convergence integrated media GmbH -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-dev" as subject.
