Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[rsc]

after the install you need to copy the
aux/vga binary into the new file system
(overwriting the one that was installed)
and be sure to use the posted 9pcdisk
rather than the installed one (edit
c:\plan9\plan9ini.bak into plan9.ini
or change a:\plan9.ini).

russ

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[jmk]

On Tue Apr 24 05:14:13 EDT 2001, rgreenbl@nextabit.com wrote:
> How can I relax the restrictions? Is there a boot parameter or something
> that
> I can set?
>
> This is my adapter:
> Promise Ultra ATA 100
>
> thanks:
>
> Rick G.

You can't currently relax the restrictions, they're in the driver.

In the meantime re-cable your drives to the motherboard controller
and install (I'm betting it does have an on-board controller which
you've diabled). After that it's a one-line change to the driver
to add your controller, recompile the kernel, move the drives back
to the add-in card and reboot. I hope.

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[jmk]

[I tried replying to the originator by mail but there appears to be no
 'nextabit.com' registered].


I posted this to 9fans last week:


	From cse.psu.edu!9fans-admin Wed Apr 18 13:08:25 EDT 2001
	From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
	To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
	Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver
	Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu
	Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu
	Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
	Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:07:11 -0400

	On Wed Apr 18 12:59:29 EDT 2001, reggreen@ne.mediaone.net wrote:
	> Do any one do the same yet with Plan9
	> or must I place boot drive as a Master on
	> the IDE controller of the motherboard.

	There is a list of PCI controllers in the ATA driver which
	Plan 9 will accept, otherwise it will ignore the controller.
	Since you have an ATA100 controller it's unlikely it is in
	the list, so yes, you need to put the discs on the legacy
	controller on the motherboard. Once you have it installed,
	you can try adding the PCI controller to the driver.

If you can identify which controller you have, either by name or
better still by PCI vendor and device ID (sometime comes up on the
BIOS splash screen) I can try to find if it has any quirks and add
it. Alternatively, I can relax the conditions such that all ATA
controllers are acceptable but with restricted features available
if not on the list, e.g. no DMA.

--jim

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Richard Greenblott]

How can I relax the restrictions? Is there a boot parameter or something
that
I can set?

This is my adapter:
Promise Ultra ATA 100

thanks:

Rick G.

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> ... Alternatively, I can relax the conditions such that all ATA
> controllers are acceptable but with restricted features available
> if not on the list, e.g. no DMA.

That sounds a whole lot better.

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[jmk]

On Wed Apr 18 12:59:29 EDT 2001, reggreen@ne.mediaone.net wrote:
> Do any one do the same yet with Plan9
> or must I place boot drive as a Master on
> the IDE controller of the motherboard.

There is a list of PCI controllers in the ATA driver which
Plan 9 will accept, otherwise it will ignore the controller.
Since you have an ATA100 controller it's unlikely it is in
the list, so yes, you need to put the discs on the legacy
controller on the motherboard. Once you have it installed,
you can try adding the PCI controller to the driver.

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Russ Cox]

	How we can guess whether a particular card is hardware accelleration
	supported?   Only from reading source codes?

Unfortunately, yes.  Right now the accelerated
cards are the Mach64, the S3 ViRGEs, the S3 Savage4,
and the Ticket to Ride IV (used with the SGI 1600SW LCD).

% grep -l '^[a-z0-9]*scroll\(' vga*.[ch]
vga.c
vgamach64xx.c
vgas3.c
vgasavage.c
vgat2r4.c
%

Russ

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[okamoto]

This doesn't relate this topic directly, though...

>It doesnt do hardware accelleration (hw cursor works tho), and Ive

How we can guess whether a particular card is hardware accelleration
supported?   Only from reading source codes?

Kenji

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[nemo]

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Seems that would be something to link at the wiki server...
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Were can we download it?.
					Saludos,
							Gorka


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From: Nicholas Waples <nickw@pobox.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Nvidia video driver
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:20:19 +1000
Message-ID: <3AC53EE3.ABB24F05@pobox.com>

 I had a bit of spare time and hacked up a driver for my TNT (NV4) video
card. It doesnt do hardware accelleration (hw cursor works tho), and Ive
only been playing with 8bit modes, but it seems to work for me now in
the
few modes ive tried (not that I understand why all the time).
 I was going to post it when I cleaned it up and tested it a bit more,
but that got interrupted by my move back to aus.
 Hopefully, it should pretty much work for other NV4 based cards (TNT2,
etc..), and NV10 cards (Geforce, Geforce2) require a little bit more
work at least. In the next couple of weeks I should be able to get back
onto it, and may even try getting a Geforce2 MX to work.



Nick

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[paurea]

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Were can we download it?.
					Saludos,
							Gorka


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From: Nicholas Waples <nickw@pobox.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Nvidia video driver
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:20:19 +1000
Message-ID: <3AC53EE3.ABB24F05@pobox.com>

 I had a bit of spare time and hacked up a driver for my TNT (NV4) video
card. It doesnt do hardware accelleration (hw cursor works tho), and Ive
only been playing with 8bit modes, but it seems to work for me now in
the
few modes ive tried (not that I understand why all the time).
 I was going to post it when I cleaned it up and tested it a bit more,
but that got interrupted by my move back to aus.
 Hopefully, it should pretty much work for other NV4 based cards (TNT2,
etc..), and NV10 cards (Geforce, Geforce2) require a little bit more
work at least. In the next couple of weeks I should be able to get back
onto it, and may even try getting a Geforce2 MX to work.



Nick

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[jmk]

On Fri Mar 30 21:19:25 EST 2001, nickw@pobox.com wrote:
>  I had a bit of spare time and hacked up a driver for my TNT (NV4) video
> card. It doesnt do hardware accelleration (hw cursor works tho), and Ive
> only been playing with 8bit modes, but it seems to work for me now in
> the
> few modes ive tried (not that I understand why all the time). 
>  I was going to post it when I cleaned it up and tested it a bit more,
> but that got interrupted by my move back to aus.
>  Hopefully, it should pretty much work for other NV4 based cards (TNT2,
> etc..), and NV10 cards (Geforce, Geforce2) require a little bit more
> work at least. In the next couple of weeks I should be able to get back
> onto it, and may even try getting a Geforce2 MX to work.
> 
> 
> 
> Nick

That would be great. Often it's just getting over the initial hurdle
of slogging through whatever documentation you have and trying to match
it to what you see when you dump the registers; the boost from seeing
pixels on the screen change when you hit a key is usually encouragement
enough to finish the job.

There are enough people out there with Nvidia cards that once you let
them loose on the code I'm sure it'll progress to cover all the parts
you didn't get to.

--jim

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Richard Greenblott]

Let me know if you need help with the development. I would be happy to
assist.

Thanks:
Rick G.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver


> On Fri Mar 30 21:19:25 EST 2001, nickw@pobox.com wrote:
> >  I had a bit of spare time and hacked up a driver for my TNT (NV4) video
> > card. It doesnt do hardware accelleration (hw cursor works tho), and Ive
> > only been playing with 8bit modes, but it seems to work for me now in
> > the
> > few modes ive tried (not that I understand why all the time).
> >  I was going to post it when I cleaned it up and tested it a bit more,
> > but that got interrupted by my move back to aus.
> >  Hopefully, it should pretty much work for other NV4 based cards (TNT2,
> > etc..), and NV10 cards (Geforce, Geforce2) require a little bit more
> > work at least. In the next couple of weeks I should be able to get back
> > onto it, and may even try getting a Geforce2 MX to work.
> >
> >
> >
> > Nick
>
> That would be great. Often it's just getting over the initial hurdle
> of slogging through whatever documentation you have and trying to match
> it to what you see when you dump the registers; the boost from seeing
> pixels on the screen change when you hit a key is usually encouragement
> enough to finish the job.
>
> There are enough people out there with Nvidia cards that once you let
> them loose on the code I'm sure it'll progress to cover all the parts
> you didn't get to.
>
> --jim

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Nicholas Waples]

 Ok, Ive put what I have hacked up for the moment (8bit non-accelerated)
at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/. All I can say, is that it
works for me (TNT). I put in all the other nvidia device id's, so maybe if
you are lucky it wont do too much damage.


Nick.

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Richard Greenblott]

Thanks for the source code. But can you also post a Boot Image for the PC
with the driver as part of it. This would be great....

Thanks:

Rick G.

Nicholas Waples wrote:

>  Ok, Ive put what I have hacked up for the moment (8bit non-accelerated)
> at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/. All I can say, is that it
> works for me (TNT). I put in all the other nvidia device id's, so maybe if
> you are lucky it wont do too much damage.
>
> Nick.

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Nicholas Waples]

 Ok, its not a boot image, but I have stuck up some binaries -
9pcflop.gz, 9pcdisk & aux/vga.
 To install you should only need to replace the 9pcflop.gz, and update the
vgadb on the standard boot floppy (as per previous mails). 9pcdisk &
aux/vga (and vgadb) can then be updated later after you install.

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Richard Greenblott wrote:

> Thanks for the source code. But can you also post a Boot Image for the PC
> with the driver as part of it. This would be great....
>
> Thanks:
>
> Rick G.
>
> Nicholas Waples wrote:
>
> >  Ok, Ive put what I have hacked up for the moment (8bit non-accelerated)
> > at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/. All I can say, is that it
> > works for me (TNT). I put in all the other nvidia device id's, so maybe if
> > you are lucky it wont do too much damage.
> >
> > Nick.
>

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Richard Greenblott]

Thanks you for the binaries... I only have one problem. They do not fix on a
single 1.4 meg. floppy.
(9LOAD,PLAN9,PLAN9.NVR,ROOT.BZ2,VGADB) are also on the floppy. Is there a
way to reduce the size?

Once again thanks ... Sorry for having to put you thought this...

Rick G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Waples" <nickw@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver


>
>  Ok, its not a boot image, but I have stuck up some binaries -
> 9pcflop.gz, 9pcdisk & aux/vga.
>  To install you should only need to replace the 9pcflop.gz, and update the
> vgadb on the standard boot floppy (as per previous mails). 9pcdisk &
> aux/vga (and vgadb) can then be updated later after you install.
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Richard Greenblott wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the source code. But can you also post a Boot Image for the
PC
> > with the driver as part of it. This would be great....
> >
> > Thanks:
> >
> > Rick G.
> >
> > Nicholas Waples wrote:
> >
> > >  Ok, Ive put what I have hacked up for the moment (8bit
non-accelerated)
> > > at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/. All I can say, is that it
> > > works for me (TNT). I put in all the other nvidia device id's, so
maybe if
> > > you are lucky it wont do too much damage.
> > >
> > > Nick.
> >
>
>

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Nicholas Waples]

 Hmm, they fitted on my floppy I had that I download from the main site a
few months ago. It however doesnt have the root.bz2, so you shouldnt need
that. Maybe that was an older boot disk.

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Richard Greenblott wrote:

> Thanks you for the binaries... I only have one problem. They do not fix on a
> single 1.4 meg. floppy.
> (9LOAD,PLAN9,PLAN9.NVR,ROOT.BZ2,VGADB) are also on the floppy. Is there a
> way to reduce the size?
>
> Once again thanks ... Sorry for having to put you thought this...
>
> Rick G.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nicholas Waples" <nickw@pobox.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver
>
>
> >
> >  Ok, its not a boot image, but I have stuck up some binaries -
> > 9pcflop.gz, 9pcdisk & aux/vga.
> >  To install you should only need to replace the 9pcflop.gz, and update the
> > vgadb on the standard boot floppy (as per previous mails). 9pcdisk &
> > aux/vga (and vgadb) can then be updated later after you install.
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Richard Greenblott wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the source code. But can you also post a Boot Image for the
> PC
> > > with the driver as part of it. This would be great....
> > >
> > > Thanks:
> > >
> > > Rick G.
> > >
> > > Nicholas Waples wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Ok, Ive put what I have hacked up for the moment (8bit
> non-accelerated)
> > > > at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/. All I can say, is that it
> > > > works for me (TNT). I put in all the other nvidia device id's, so
> maybe if
> > > > you are lucky it wont do too much damage.
> > > >
> > > > Nick.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Richard Greenblott]

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 have added the following entry into the Vgadb:
Note: My addition is the GeForce2 info.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
ctlr
 0xC00BD="NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS VGA BIOS"          # My Video Card
 0xC00A2="NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64 BIOS V2.05.13 " # NVIDIA TNT Model 64
 link=vga
 ctlr=nvidia linear=1
 hwgc=nvidiahwgc
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

VGAINFO file contained the following:
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
sequencer->enter on
sequencer->leave on
dbctlr: unknown controller "nvidia" ctlr
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Any idea what I may have done wrong?

Once again thanks:

Rick G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Waples" <nickw@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver


>
>  Ok, its not a boot image, but I have stuck up some binaries -
> 9pcflop.gz, 9pcdisk & aux/vga.
>  To install you should only need to replace the 9pcflop.gz, and update the
> vgadb on the standard boot floppy (as per previous mails). 9pcdisk &
> aux/vga (and vgadb) can then be updated later after you install.
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Richard Greenblott wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the source code. But can you also post a Boot Image for the
PC
> > with the driver as part of it. This would be great....
> >
> > Thanks:
> >
> > Rick G.
> >
> > Nicholas Waples wrote:
> >
> > >  Ok, Ive put what I have hacked up for the moment (8bit
non-accelerated)
> > > at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/. All I can say, is that it
> > > works for me (TNT). I put in all the other nvidia device id's, so
maybe if
> > > you are lucky it wont do too much damage.
> > >
> > > Nick.
> >
>
>

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[paurea]

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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Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Richard Greenblott]

Ok. I still can not get this to work...
One problem I have is that I can not rebuild software for Plan9 until I can
load Plan9 (catch 22).
I don't have a Plan9 system to build from...

I have copied 9PCFLOP to the floppy and modified Vgadb on the same floppy as
stated in my last posting.
Is there anything else I can do? paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es  did say he had to
rebuild the software to make it work.
Is the posted files at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/ Ok to use or
do I need to rebuild them for my Video Board?

Sorry for sounding like a broken record.....

Thanks for any help you can give...

Rick G.



----- Original Message -----
From: <paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es>
Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver


> 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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>

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Nicholas Waples]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Richard Greenblott wrote:

> Ok. I still can not get this to work...
> One problem I have is that I can not rebuild software for Plan9 until I can
> load Plan9 (catch 22).
> I don't have a Plan9 system to build from...
>
> I have copied 9PCFLOP to the floppy and modified Vgadb on the same floppy as
> stated in my last posting.
> Is there anything else I can do? paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es  did say he had to
> rebuild the software to make it work.
> Is the posted files at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/ Ok to use or
> do I need to rebuild them for my Video Board?
>
> Sorry for sounding like a broken record.....
>
> Thanks for any help you can give...
>
> Rick G.
>

 Well, as a test to make sure it all worked, I did it from scratch myself.
What i did was -

 - download and create the floppy from main plan9 site

 - modified vgadb on the floppy to add entry for my nvidia video card.
   There was already an entry for nvidia cards (though it doesnt
   seem to have been built in the kernel yet), so I just added the entry
   for my card

diff /tmp/vgadb vgadb
300a301
> 	0xC0072="Diamond Viper V550"			# NVIDIA TNT

The nvidia section now looks like

ctlr
	0xC00A2="NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64 BIOS V2.05.13 "	# NVIDIA TNT Model 64
	0xC0072="Diamond Viper V550"			# NVIDIA TNT
	link=vga
	ctlr=nvidia linear=1
	hwgc=nvidiahwgc


 - downloaded 9pcflop.gz from
   http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/binaries/ , and replaced the
   one on the boot floppy with this.


 After this it all worked for me.

 The error message you saw,

sequencer->enter on
sequencer->leave on
dbctlr: unknown controller "nvidia" ctlr

 would happen if the driver wasnt built into the kernel. That shouldnt
happen with the kernel I built.
 I even uploaded the floppy image I used (nvidia.9fd) if you still cant
get it to work.


Nick.

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Richard Greenblott]

Thanks for your help. I have now been able to view rio on my system. My next
problem is how to install Plan9
to a hard drive. The drives I have on my system are located on a ATA100
board located in a PCI slot. I do remember
that LINUX had problems finding drives that are not mounted directly to the
motherboard. They did make changes in the
driver to accept both IDE controllers. Do any one do the same yet with Plan9
or must I place boot drive as a Master on
the IDE controller of the motherboard.
PS the motherboards controller is only an ATA66 :(

Thanks again for the help with my video card, now on to the next problem....

Rick G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Waples" <nickw@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 5:04 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver


>
>
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Richard Greenblott wrote:
>
> > Ok. I still can not get this to work...
> > One problem I have is that I can not rebuild software for Plan9 until I
can
> > load Plan9 (catch 22).
> > I don't have a Plan9 system to build from...
> >
> > I have copied 9PCFLOP to the floppy and modified Vgadb on the same
floppy as
> > stated in my last posting.
> > Is there anything else I can do? paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es  did say he had
to
> > rebuild the software to make it work.
> > Is the posted files at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/ Ok to
use or
> > do I need to rebuild them for my Video Board?
> >
> > Sorry for sounding like a broken record.....
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give...
> >
> > Rick G.
> >
>
>  Well, as a test to make sure it all worked, I did it from scratch myself.
> What i did was -
>
>  - download and create the floppy from main plan9 site
>
>  - modified vgadb on the floppy to add entry for my nvidia video card.
>    There was already an entry for nvidia cards (though it doesnt
>    seem to have been built in the kernel yet), so I just added the entry
>    for my card
>
> diff /tmp/vgadb vgadb
> 300a301
> > 0xC0072="Diamond Viper V550" # NVIDIA TNT
>
> The nvidia section now looks like
>
> ctlr
> 0xC00A2="NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64 BIOS V2.05.13 " # NVIDIA TNT Model 64
> 0xC0072="Diamond Viper V550" # NVIDIA TNT
> link=vga
> ctlr=nvidia linear=1
> hwgc=nvidiahwgc
>
>
>  - downloaded 9pcflop.gz from
>    http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/binaries/ , and replaced the
>    one on the boot floppy with this.
>
>
>  After this it all worked for me.
>
>  The error message you saw,
>
> sequencer->enter on
> sequencer->leave on
> dbctlr: unknown controller "nvidia" ctlr
>
>  would happen if the driver wasnt built into the kernel. That shouldnt
> happen with the kernel I built.
>  I even uploaded the floppy image I used (nvidia.9fd) if you still cant
> get it to work.
>
>
> Nick.
>

Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Richard Greenblott]

Thanks for the help. I have now got the video driver working.....
My next problem is more complex. Plan9 can not see my hard drives.
I have two hard drives attached to an ATA100 board mounted on a PCI slot.
I seem to remember a problem with Linux not seeing the drives because they were
not mounted on the motherboard.

Any ideas?

[9fans] Nvidia video driver

[Nicholas Waples]

 I had a bit of spare time and hacked up a driver for my TNT (NV4) video
card. It doesnt do hardware accelleration (hw cursor works tho), and Ive
only been playing with 8bit modes, but it seems to work for me now in
the
few modes ive tried (not that I understand why all the time). 
 I was going to post it when I cleaned it up and tested it a bit more,
but that got interrupted by my move back to aus.
 Hopefully, it should pretty much work for other NV4 based cards (TNT2,
etc..), and NV10 cards (Geforce, Geforce2) require a little bit more
work at least. In the next couple of weeks I should be able to get back
onto it, and may even try getting a Geforce2 MX to work.



Nick