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From: Naofumi Yasufuku <naofumi@yasufuku.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] 3dfx banshee
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 13:09:55 +0900
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>
> vonstroheim@my-deja.com:
> 	Has anybody manage to use a 3dfx banshee PCI card with plan9 ?
>

I have managed to use my Banshee card (Diamond Moster Fusion) with plan9.
I modified kernel and vga sources to add Banshee's device ID as same as
jim's follow-ups.

> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:08:50 -0500
> 
> I've not tried this as I don't have a Banshee, but I believe it will
> work if you add the chip id in the two places it matters, i.e. in both
> /sys/src/9/pc/vga3dfx.c and /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/3dfx.c look for all
> cases of
> 
> 		case 0x0005:		/* Avenger (a.k.a. Voodoo3) */
> 
> and add
> 
> 		case 0x0003:		/* Banshee */
> 
> (make sure tyou get them all, there's motre than one in the kernel
> driver).
> 
> Let me know if it works and I'll add it into the distribution.
> Good luck.
> 
> --jim
> 

Yes, it works ;-)

I have put my kernel (9pcdisk), vga command include Banshee support,
and my vgadb file at

    http://hb8.seikyou.ne.jp/home/naofumi/plan9_w_banshee/


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<naofumi@yasufuku.net>