Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh) wrote: > > Hi, > I am trying to install a PCI Graphic card on an embedded > PowerPC system (Freescale evaluation board) running Linux. We > would like to run Flash application on the card. As you may > know there are no BIOS for PowerPC board to enable the graphic card. > Here are my questions: > 1- Has anyone done this in past so could provide a > recommendation for card, driver and how to get around the Bios?
i had the same issue on a powerPC platform. i added an emulator in the firmware to emulate the graphic BIOS. then the graphic card came up ok. it is not as bad as it sounds. i recall there were issues with endianess and one that had to do with emulating the 0xCF8/0xCFC pci configuration cycles. -jfs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
