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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-03-07 21:26:25 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-03-07 21:26:25 +0000
commit620991ed7c96f5cb2d5aba33e5780c9feae911d8 (patch)
treee33eb7e3e5e14a1383c9f42033684daa5b952db9 /distrib/notes/sgi
parent6132f545a66994e896da7919ab654a3a371d2fcd (diff)
Minimalistic driver for the ImpactSR (Mardigras) video option found on older
Octane systems, as well as some Onyxes. With special permission to change a systemwide .h file and add a manpage from deraadt@ Magic numbers and operation sequencing borrowed from Linux; tested on Octane + ESI. ok deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/sgi')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sgi/hardware3
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sgi/prep4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware b/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
index 887e8cf6eec..b48fe17c51b 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
+++ b/distrib/notes/sgi/hardware
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.11 2010/03/07 14:54:23 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.12 2010/03/07 21:26:22 miod Exp $
OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV runs on the following machines:
IP27 class machines:
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}:
O2 Moosehead A/V Board audio (mavb)
- Video Devices
O2 built-in Graphics Back End framebuffer (gbe)
+ ImpactSR frame buffer (impact) found on some Octane systems.
VPro frame buffer (odyssey) found on Fuel, Tezro, Octane 2, as well
as on some late Octane systems.
- Input Devices
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sgi/prep b/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
index 45b134a933c..4722237e8be 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/sgi/prep
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.17 2010/03/07 14:54:23 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.18 2010/03/07 21:26:22 miod Exp $
Before you install your system, you should identify your system family and
familiarize yourself with the ARCBios setup and how to run programs from
the Command monitor prompt.
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ Switching from serial to graphics console and vice versa:
As of OpenBSD OSREV, supported graphics console devices are:
- the onboard frame buffer on IP32 systems (gbe)
+ - ImpactSR (Mardigras) frame buffer on IP30 (I-Series and E-Series) (impact)
- VPro family frame buffers on IP27, IP30 and IP35 systems (odyssey)
And the following graphics devices are not supported yet:
- - ImpactSR (Mardigras) frame buffer on IP30 (I-Series and E-Series)
- Infinite Reality (Kona) frame buffer on IP27/IP35 Onyx systems
- Voyager (Ultimate Vision) frame buffer on IP35 Onyx 4 systems