Re: PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

[James Bond]

Hi Riccardo,

ok, so where could we "hire" a graphics driver developer that would be willing 
(will get paid) to support the SPARC community? At least with a "decent" X 
support we can do most of the things. And the more people can use it on SPARC 
we may attract more people to return to the platform.

Cheers

Iggi



Am 27.08.21, 18:44 schrieb "Riccardo Mottola" :

Hi,

Phillip Stevens wrote:
>
> > I can only comment on mach64 on 32 bit Sparc, it was working
> fine. The
> > desktop was reasonably responsive.
>
> Did you try the mach64 driver that was reintroduced to the Debian
> package archive?
>
>
> Not yet.
>

How are things with it? I think I use it on the iBook G3, which, while 
not SPARC, is still a Big Endian system. Didn't upgrade since some time. 
it is an incredibly used chip in its many variations, from laptop to 
servers with many variants!

I'd conribute to a bounty too to improve support for these cards, or 
test myself on this system. Also the newer RV350 based card I have on 
mac has issues with textures an artefacts not seen on intel systems. But 
I don't know if a card based on it was used in Suns.

Riccardo

Re: PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

Phillip Stevens wrote:


> I can only comment on mach64 on 32 bit Sparc, it was working
fine. The
> desktop was reasonably responsive.

Did you try the mach64 driver that was reintroduced to the Debian
package archive?


Not yet.



How are things with it? I think I use it on the iBook G3, which, while 
not SPARC, is still a Big Endian system. Didn't upgrade since some time. 
it is an incredibly used chip in its many variations, from laptop to 
servers with many variants!


I'd conribute to a bounty too to improve support for these cards, or 
test myself on this system. Also the newer RV350 based card I have on 
mac has issues with textures an artefacts not seen on intel systems. But 
I don't know if a card based on it was used in Suns.


Riccardo

Re: PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

[Mike Tremaine]

For what it is worth I have XVR-100 on Ultra 5 which does provide graphics at 640x480 with the default fb… I would love support for XVR-100 (Raedon 7000) to come back and would be willing to add cash to the bounty if that route taken. Attached is my Xorg.0.logroot@xray:/var/log# uname -aLinux xray 5.10.0-8-sparc64 #1 Debian 5.10.46-1 (2021-06-24) sparc64 GNU/Linuxroot@xray:/var/log# inxi -GGraphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV100 [Radeon 7000 / Radeon VE] driver: radeonfb v: N/A            Display: server: X.org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: ati,fbdev unloaded: modesetting,radeon tty: 118x27            Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console for root. root@xray:/home/users/mgt# lspci00:01.0 PCI bridge: Oracle/SUN Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11)00:01.1 PCI bridge: Oracle/SUN Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11)01:01.0 Bridge: Oracle/SUN EBUS (rev 01)01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Oracle/SUN Happy Meal 10/100 Ethernet [hme] (rev 01)01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. PCI0646 (rev 03)02:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV100 [Radeon 7000 / Radeon VE]02:02.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)02:03.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx/VX700/8x0/900 UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61)02:03.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx/VX700/8x0/900 UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61)02:03.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 EHCI-Compliant Host-Controller (rev 63)

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On Aug 24, 2021, at 6:38 AM, Phillip Stevens  wrote:>> Did these boards work in the past with the 32-bit sparc ?
> 
> I can only comment on mach64 on 32 bit Sparc, it was working fine. The
> desktop was reasonably responsive.

Did you try the mach64 driver that was reintroduced to the Debian package archive?Not yet.Can you verify which package version of the driver you have installed?

And can you provide the full X.org.0.log?Will be some delay I’m afraid, but will do.-- Sent from a Mobile Device.
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Re: PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

[Phillip Stevens]

>
> >> Did these boards work in the past with the 32-bit sparc ?
> >
> > I can only comment on mach64 on 32 bit Sparc, it was working fine. The
> > desktop was reasonably responsive.
>
> Did you try the mach64 driver that was reintroduced to the Debian package
> archive?


Not yet.

Can you verify which package version of the driver you have installed?
>
> And can you provide the full X.org.0.log?


Will be some delay I’m afraid, but will do.

> --
Sent from a Mobile Device. Replies may appear terse.

PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

On 8/24/21 3:20 PM, Phillip Stevens wrote:
>> It might also be an idea to contact the original author/maintainer of the
>> PGX-64 and XVR-100 graphics boards and ask whether they're willing to fix
>> the issue.
>>
>> Did these boards work in the past with the 32-bit sparc ?
> 
> I can only comment on mach64 on 32 bit Sparc, it was working fine. The
> desktop was reasonably responsive. About as responsive as Solaris, so quite
> good. I didn’t get the xvr-100 until afterwards.

Did you try the mach64 driver that was reintroduced to the Debian package 
archive?

Can you verify which package version of the driver you have installed?

And can you provide the full X.org.0.log?

Adrian

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