From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Cc: theoh@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Subject: Re: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Acclerator" 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:13:18 +0200."
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From: Theo Honohan <theoh@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:16:45 +0000
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Lucio De Re wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 06:06:50AM -0800, sachin.goyal@exgate.tek.com wrote:
> 
> Good luck.  I note that the until recently, XFree86 required a special
> compilation module to support this particular Intel chip.  Seeing as
> hyper-super-duper-3D-FX-graphic capabilities serve little purpose in
> the Plan 9 world of today, reserve that particular machine for Windows
> or Linux-based games.

AIUI, The problem is that the i810 doesn't have dedicated video
memory, but is intended to share system memory.  This is basically a
cost-cutting measure.  The i810's memory area is addressed by using
some AGP-only features, specifically the "gart":

http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/gart/README

That's what the Linux module adds support for.