Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es]

Richard Greenblott writes:
 > From: "Richard Greenblott" <reggreen@ne.mediaone.net>
 > Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver
 > Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 23:11:34 -0400
 >
 > Hi:
 >
 >    Thanks you for the binaries. But I still am having problems with my
 > Display driver.
 > When I boot it stops with and unknown controller "nvidia" error.
 >
I had the same problem as you, and it was that I hadn't modified
/sys/src/cmd/vga/data.c. The steps to follow are:


I have:
Copied the vganvidia.c supplied to /sys/src/9/pc

Added  vganvidia +cur to pcdisk

Compiled 9pcdisk.gz

Copied it to an installation disk.


Copied the nvidia.c supplied to /sys/src/cmd/vga

Added nvidia.$O\ to the mkfile of vga

Added extern Ctlr nvidia; and

extern Ctlr nvidiahwgc; to vgadb.h

and extern Ctlr nvidia; to vga.h

Compiled it. Installed it.
An added an entry in vgadb for my
card: (yours differs)

ctlr 0xC0072 "Diamond Viper 550"
     ctlr nvidia
     ctlr nvidiahwgc
     link=vga

add a pair of entries in the array in data.c
similar to the ones of the other drivers.
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