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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:30:34 -0600
From: quanstro@quanstro.net
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thanks! that's more encouraging than i was expecting.

- erik

On Fri Feb 10 09:18:49 CST 2006, jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> On Fri Feb 10 09:11:57 EST 2006, quanstro@quanstro.net wrote:
> > i don't know enough about PCIe to know the answer to this:
> > is it possible to use a PCIe video card with plan 9?
> > 
> > - erik
> 
> Neither do I, but there is an unopened 1050 page book
> on my desk which might contain the answer. Let me see...
> 
> ...and the answer is...definitely maybe.
> 
> Try it. The card should be identified OK, that part of
> the configuration space is compatible. Since Plan 9 doesn't
> really use much in the way of fancy features on video
> cards (especially if you use VESA) the rest of it may be
> compatible enough. What would be useful is the output
> of /bin/pci and the contents of the configuration space
> (xd -b '#$/pci/1.0.0raw' if, for example, the card is
> shown by /bin/pci to be device 1.0.0). We can work from
> there.
> 
> --jim