On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 19:08, Trent Whaley wrote:
> 
> >From `man 5 XF86Config`:
> 
> DEVICE SECTION
> ...
>        BusID  "bus-id"
>               This  specifies the bus location of the graphics card.  For PCI/AGP 
>cards, the bus-id string has the form PCI:bus:device:func
>               tion (e.g., "PCI:1:0:0" might be appropriate for an AGP card).  This 
>field is usually optional in  single-head  configurations
>               when  using the primary graphics card.  In multi-head configurations, 
>or when using a secondary graphics card in a single-head
>               configuration, this entry is mandatory.  Its main purpose is to make 
>an unambiguous connection between the device section  and
>               the hardware it is representing.  This information can usually be 
>found by running the X server with the -scanpci command line
>               option.
> 
> 
> In other words, all the work involving the Video card is already done.

Now you are wrong. :)

The X server disables video devices it doesn't use.

> It might even work with cards that do multiple heads on the same card
> (the function parameter).

Might work if the chips offered several functions, but they don't
AFAICS.


-- 
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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