On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:45:02 -0400 Mike Malopolski <mwmal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> X -configure locks the Blade video & keyboard. When run from ssh, shows > >> sunffb, wsfb, and wildcatfb drivers exist but says can't find any device. > >> > >> Only way to get X windows output is to manually create a xorg.conf with > >> the wildcatfb driver specified: > >> Section "Device" > >> Identifier "Expert3D-lite" > >> BusID "PCI:0:1:0" > >> Driver "wildcatfb" > >> EndSection > >> (see below xorg.conf for full configuration) > > > > Yes, autoconfiguration for ifb(4) has been broken since > > the upgrade to xserver 1.7. I've meant to fix it several times but > > never actually managed to do it. > > > > Patches are welcome :) > > > >> > >> This leaves me with 8bit unaccelerated video output that is unusable as a > >> graphic workstation. > > > > This is also sad but true, and as far as I know there is little to no > > publically available documentation (and few developpers interested) to > > write a driver for the 3dlabs wildcat family. > > I have a Sun Ultra 80 loaded (4x 450Mhz UltraSparc II, 4GB of RAM), it has an > Expert3D in it, so I am in the same boat, manually got 8-bit unaccelerated > graphics working, I would love to be able to actually have it run lite X stuff > (blackbox, etc.) > > I have an interest in writing a driver for it. The only drawbacks are that I > don't have a lot of time, and I have never wrote a "real" driver, just a few > examples. I consider myself well versed in C, and I have tinkered with x86 > assembly (never used SPARC assembly). I also live in the US, which I know may > be an issue for some areas of OpenBSD. > > I have wanted to learn how to write drivers for a while, and I would like my > Ultra 80 to be more usable. Has anybody ever attempted this? Is it a > nightmare? Are the any hardware specs available? I can look into these > questions as well, I just wondered if anyone knows. > > Regards, > > Mike. > > My understanding is that the hardware documentation is non-existant. However, if there is an effort made, I have an XVR-600 I can send to a willing developer or use for testing purposes! -- TCJ <t...@existruct.org>
