> On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Martin Mares wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, it's too late to try to work-around these problem in the
> > kernel before 2.2 comes out. I already know I'll have to make the new PCI
> > code I plan for 2.3 support assigning of addresses to devices where BIOS
> > scamped his job. If LinuxGlide doesn't use the new 2.1 PCI functions yet,
> > there is a simple solution: use setpci to set the address to some sensible
> > value manually. In other cases, the best solution would be to tell the
> > LinuxGlide maintainers they should contact me.
>
> LinuxGlide when running as root uses it's own PCI routines, which break on
> my machine under normal conditions. If it's not root, it uses /dev/3dfx,
> which is powered by a kernel module that Daryl puts out. Unfortunately
> right now it is 2.0 specific. The maintainer is planning on putting out
> a 2.1 version when he gets the time but he also develops the Linux support
> for other 3Dfx chipsets/cards and is understandable busy. I will contact
> him about the status 2.1 support and go from there.
I hacked 3dfx.c to support 2.1.xx kernels. It was very easy. I
can send the new 3dfx.c to anyone who wants it....
Jon
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