[9fans] 3dfx banshee

[9fans] 3dfx banshee

[vonstroheim]

Has anybody manage to use a 3dfx banshee PCI card with plan9 ?

I modified the vgadb file to force the use of the voodoo3 driver but it
failed.
I got the following message (dumped in vgainfo.txt):

main->snarf
vga->snarf
3dfx->snarf
sequencer->enter on
sequencer->leave on
3dfx: unknown chip - DID 0003


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Re: [9fans] 3dfx banshee

[jmk]

vonstroheim@my-deja.com:
	Has anybody manage to use a 3dfx banshee PCI card with plan9 ?

	I modified the vgadb file to force the use of the voodoo3 driver but it
	failed.
	I got the following message (dumped in vgainfo.txt):

	main->snarf
	vga->snarf
	3dfx->snarf
	sequencer->enter on
	sequencer->leave on
	3dfx: unknown chip - DID 0003

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

Re: [9fans] 3dfx banshee

[Alexander C. Deztroyer]

I suggest you have a look at: vgadb(6) and vga(8)

I haven't play with the vgadb yet. But I think it might be the problem of
the kernel. Because it might need special driver to contorl the chip set(s).

Good luck
Alex

<jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com> wrote in message
news:20001220140853.10BEA199E7@mail.cse.psu.edu...
> vonstroheim@my-deja.com:
> Has anybody manage to use a 3dfx banshee PCI card with plan9 ?
>
> I modified the vgadb file to force the use of the voodoo3 driver but it
> failed.
> I got the following message (dumped in vgainfo.txt):
>
> main->snarf
> vga->snarf
> 3dfx->snarf
> sequencer->enter on
> sequencer->leave on
> 3dfx: unknown chip - DID 0003
>
> 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

Re: [9fans] 3dfx banshee

[Naofumi Yasufuku]

>
> 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
<naofumi@yasufuku.net>