On 28 Sep 2002, Phil T wrote: > I'm fixing the acceleration in the rendition driver and I need some > info on the STATUS register - flags, masks etc. I'm polling it in > the Sync function in XAA for idle status. Any help?
(Brings back memories of talking to Rendition about writing some accelerated X drivers way back when....) I presume you are talking about the values read after a sync? Calling sync was always something to be avoided (for performance reasons) and the meaning of the resulting output known to only a few. As far as I am aware, that information was never disclosed (and, yes, I did ask about it myself at one point). So, what exactly are you trying to do that you need to call sync, and is there absolutely no way to avoid it? If you really, really must call sync and make sense of the returned value, you might try to ask some old Rendition people. However, I don't know what they would be allowed to disclose at this point. I would start with Stefan Podell--although Stefan himself was not a hardware guy and probably wouldn't know this information anyways, he probably knows who to contact specifically (Walt Donovan?) and might know how to get a hold of them. You can easily find some contact information for Stefan with a minimal web search, but feel free to email me if you need help. Chances are, however, that you will not be able to get this information. -ccwf -- Charles C. Fu ,-- Vice President ___ __ __. . ,-/-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bacchus, Inc. (_,(_,|/|/ / http://www.bacchus.com/ Tel/Fax 310-455-2396 ----' _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
