From: michael shiplett <walrus@monkey.org> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:16:04 -0500 Message-Id: <20001117141604.79152108605@naughty.monkey.org> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] X on a U10
Joshua Uziel <uzi@uzix.org> writes:
> * Mike Nicewonger <twmaster@twmaster.com> [001116 00:40]:
> > In regard to SUSE Sparc on the U-10, How is the performance compared to
> > Solaris?
> Pretty decent... there is no accelerated support for the Elite 3D (as
> far as I know) since Sun won't give specs on the sucker... but otherwise
> it's pretty solid.
Au contraire! You can grab the microcode loader from
http://vger.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=vger
Look under afb.
Then to get the actual microcode
1. search www.sun.com for afb.ucode
2. download the appropriate patch file (*.sh). Make sure that the
patch description states it contains afb.ucode.
3. place the binary portion of the patch file into it's own file.
4. uncompress/untar the binary file and extract afb.ucode.
5. move afb.ucode to /usr/lib/afb.ucode
6. run afbinit and specify which framebuffer (/dev/fb?) has an
elite3d
7. start Xsun24
I'm running mandrake 7.1beta2 + XFree86 4.0.1 with acceleration
on an ultrasparc 60 + elite3d. It's fine but it feels as though it's
held together with baling wire and chewing gum. Unfortunately I haven't
had time to test suse's distribution yet.
/var/log/XFree86.0.log
[...]
(II) /dev/fb0: AFB: Detected Elite3D/M3.
(II) /dev/fb0: BT498 (PAC2) ramdac detected
(II) /dev/fb0: Detected Elite3D M3/M6, checking firmware...
(II) /dev/fb0: ... AFB firmware is loaded
(==) SUNFFB(0): Backing store disabled
(==) SUNFFB(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) /dev/fb0: Using acceleration
(II) /dev/fb0: DGA support initialized.
[...]
michael
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