[9fans] TNT

[9fans] TNT

[paurea]

I have been trying to make the TNT driver work form my card, but I can't
even get it being used. The message it says is something like

dbctl: "nvidia" driver not found.

I have:
Copied the vganvidia.c supplied to /sys/src/9/pc

Added vganvidia.$O\ 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:

ctlr 0xC0072 "Diamond Viper 550"
     ctlr nvidia
     ctlr nvidiahwgc
     link=vga

Any idea?. Please be detailed, any change means changing the card...

TIA.
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Re: [9fans] TNT

[Axel Belinfante]

> I have been trying to make the TNT driver work form my card, but I can't
> even get it being used. The message it says is something like
>
> dbctl: "nvidia" driver not found.

I have encountered the same problem as you have.
I think you also have to edit /sys/src/cmd/vga/data.c
to add lines similar as the others.
(I have made a new boot/install disk, but not yet tried to use it)

> Added vganvidia.$O\ to pcdisk
Shouldn't you add something like 'vganvidia +cur' to pcdisk (.$O)?
I'm confused about the meaning of the '+cur' and '=cur' that follow
the vga* lines in the confguration files.

> Added extern Ctlr nvidia; and
> extern Ctlr nvidiahwgc; to vgadb.h

Hmm... I did only add the extern Ctrlr statements to vga.h
Did not find vgadb.h

About /lib/vgadb: do we need the link=vga line for the nvidia
controller? I noticed some controller(s?) in the file without
such a line.

Axel.

Re: [9fans] TNT

[paurea]

Axel Belinfante writes:
 > From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
 > Subject: Re: [9fans] TNT
 > Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 13:24:49 +0200
 >
 > > Added vganvidia.$O\ to pcdisk
 > Shouldn't you add something like 'vganvidia +cur' to pcdisk (.$O)?
 > I'm confused about the meaning of the '+cur' and '=cur' that follow
 > the vga* lines in the confguration files.

Sorry, I meant vganvidia +cur.

 >
 > > Added extern Ctlr nvidia; and
 > > extern Ctlr nvidiahwgc; to vgadb.h
 >
 > Hmm... I did only add the extern Ctrlr statements to vga.h
 > Did not find vgadb.h
 >
 > About /lib/vgadb: do we need the link=vga line for the nvidia
 > controller? I noticed some controller(s?) in the file without
 > such a line.
 >
I read somewhere you had to add that the vga line in any controller...

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Re: [9fans] TNT

[Nicholas Waples]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es wrote:

> I have been trying to make the TNT driver work form my card, but I can't
> even get it being used. The message it says is something like
>
> dbctl: "nvidia" driver not found.
>
> I have:
> Copied the vganvidia.c supplied to /sys/src/9/pc
>
> Added vganvidia.$O\ to pcdisk
>
> Compiled 9pcdisk.gz
>
> Copied it to an installation disk.
>
>
> Copied the nvidia.c supplied to /sys/src/cmd/vga
>
> Added nvidia.$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:
>
> ctlr 0xC0072 "Diamond Viper 550"
>      ctlr nvidia
>      ctlr nvidiahwgc
>      link=vga
>
> Any idea?. Please be detailed, any change means changing the card...
>


 Ok, these are the changes I made (relative to the latest update).
Hopefully I havent missed anything. Note that if you want to build the
floppy image, then you should add the same line to /sys/src/9/pc/pcflop as
I did to /sys/src/9/pc/pcdisk.

diff /lib/vgadb /lib/vgadb.orig
299,303d298
< ctlr
< 	0xC0072="Diamond Viper V550"			# TNT
< 	link=vga
< 	ctlr=nvidia linear=1
< 	hwgc=nvidiahwgc

diff /sys/src/9/pc/pcdisk /sys/src/9/pc/pcdisk.orig
72d71
< 	vganvidia		+cur

diff /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/mkfile /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/mkfile.orig
40d39
< 	nvidia.$O\

diff /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/data.c /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/data.c.orig
47,48d46
< 	&nvidia,					/* ctlr */
< 	&nvidiahwgc,					/* hwgc */

diff /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vga.h /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vga.h.orig
299,302d298
< /* nvidia.c */
< extern Ctlr nvidia;
< extern Ctlr nvidiahwgc;
<




Nick.

Re: [9fans] TNT

[paurea]

Nicholas Waples writes:
 > From: Nicholas Waples <nickw@pobox.com>
 > Subject: Re: [9fans] TNT
 > Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 23:47:05 +0100 (BST)
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >  Ok, these are the changes I made (relative to the latest update).
 > Hopefully I havent missed anything. Note that if you want to build the
 > floppy image, then you should add the same line to /sys/src/9/pc/pcflop as
 > I did to /sys/src/9/pc/pcdisk.
 >
 > diff /lib/vgadb /lib/vgadb.orig
 > 299,303d298
 > < ctlr
 > < 	0xC0072="Diamond Viper V550"			# TNT
 > < 	link=vga
 > < 	ctlr=nvidia linear=1
 > < 	hwgc=nvidiahwgc
 >
 > diff /sys/src/9/pc/pcdisk /sys/src/9/pc/pcdisk.orig
 > 72d71
 > < 	vganvidia		+cur
 >
 > diff /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/mkfile /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/mkfile.orig
 > 40d39
 > < 	nvidia.$O\
 >
 > diff /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/data.c /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/data.c.orig
 > 47,48d46
 > < 	&nvidia,					/* ctlr */
 > < 	&nvidiahwgc,					/* hwgc */
 >
 > diff /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vga.h /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vga.h.orig
 > 299,302d298
 > < /* nvidia.c */
 > < extern Ctlr nvidia;
 > < extern Ctlr nvidiahwgc;
 > <
 >

Thank you very much, this is just what I needed. You seem to have the same card as a I do. I will tell you it i works for me. By the way, leave the
diff with the c files, it is very useful...
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Re: [9fans] TNT

[jmk]

On Wed Apr  4 07:26:26 EDT 2001, Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl wrote:
> I'm confused about the meaning of the '+cur' and '=cur' that follow
> the vga* lines in the confguration files.

'+cur' means this driver includes a hardware cursor section;
'=cur' means this driver is only for a hardware cursor.

You may also want to make the following changes to vganvidia.c to make
the cursor behave 'properly' at the screen edges.

196a197
> 	scr->offset = curs->offset;
211c212
< 	*cursorpos = (p.x & 0xFFFF) | (p.y << 16);
---
> 	*cursorpos = ((p.y+scr->offset.y)<<16)|((p.x+scr->offset.x) & 0xFFFF);


The only other problem I see is that when you move the cursor around
continuously there's sometimes a flash of an uninitialised (mostly white)
cursor. Maybe it's just my card:

	0xC00A2="NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64 BIOS V2.05.13 "	# NVIDIA TNT Model 64

All in all, a nice contribution, thank you.

--jim

Re: [9fans] TNT

[Nicholas Waples]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:

> The only other problem I see is that when you move the cursor around
> continuously there's sometimes a flash of an uninitialised (mostly white)
> cursor. Maybe it's just my card:
>
> 	0xC00A2="NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64 BIOS V2.05.13 "	# NVIDIA TNT Model 64

 Well the xfree86 drivers disable the cursor when changing the position,
so maybe it should do the same (just like in nvidiacurload - lowest bit in
crt 0x31).


> All in all, a nice contribution, thank you.
>
> --jim
>

 Good to see it works for someone other than myself.

Nick.

Re: [9fans] TNT

[jmk]

On Wed Apr  4 10:42:27 EDT 2001, nickw@pobox.com wrote:
>  Well the xfree86 drivers disable the cursor when changing the position,
> so maybe it should do the same (just like in nvidiacurload - lowest bit in
> crt 0x31).

I tried that but it doesn't seem to help. It doesn't happen often under
normal use but it's just enough to make you blink now and then.

--jim

Re: [9fans] TNT

[paurea]

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It works, it works!!!. It was the missing entry
in data.c after all.

It works fine for me in 1280x1024. In other
modes the "virtual screen" is greater than
the physical. Anyway, thanks a lot Nick, now
I can use Plan9 at home!!.

Anyone has tried it for Ultra TNT??. What
would it take to add 16 bits support??.
Just in case I have some spare time...


				Saludos,
						Gorka


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From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] TNT
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 13:24:49 +0200
Message-ID: <200104041124.NAA22399@polya.cs.utwente.nl>

> I have been trying to make the TNT driver work form my card, but I can't
> even get it being used. The message it says is something like
>
> dbctl: "nvidia" driver not found.

I have encountered the same problem as you have.
I think you also have to edit /sys/src/cmd/vga/data.c
to add lines similar as the others.
(I have made a new boot/install disk, but not yet tried to use it)

> Added vganvidia.$O\ to pcdisk
Shouldn't you add something like 'vganvidia +cur' to pcdisk (.$O)?
I'm confused about the meaning of the '+cur' and '=cur' that follow
the vga* lines in the confguration files.

> Added extern Ctlr nvidia; and
> extern Ctlr nvidiahwgc; to vgadb.h

Hmm... I did only add the extern Ctrlr statements to vga.h
Did not find vgadb.h

About /lib/vgadb: do we need the link=vga line for the nvidia
controller? I noticed some controller(s?) in the file without
such a line.

Axel.

Re: [9fans] TNT

[Axel Belinfante]

> It was the missing entry in data.c after all.
Glad to hear that!

> Anyone has tried it for Ultra TNT??. What
> would it take to add 16 bits support??.
> Just in case I have some spare time...

I only have a simple V3400TNT card that I hope to try (finally?)
tonight at home. When it works I will post the bios string.

(Yesterday I did something wrong when putting the boot disk on floppy
 using 'cat ndisk > /dev/fd0disk': the disk still contained the old
 contents; today I did the same and now the cat worked. yesterday
 I did have the floppy mounted, but unmounted before the unsuccessful
 cat, I'm almost sure. Still, could that explain the difference?)

Axel.

Re: [9fans] TNT

[paurea]

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Probably it was protected (the little window) against write. I
have experienced it to fail silently. I seems to work but it
doesn't really write.

							Saludos,
									Gorka


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From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] TNT
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:47:11 +0200
Message-ID: <200104051147.NAA26186@polya.cs.utwente.nl>

> It was the missing entry in data.c after all.
Glad to hear that!

> Anyone has tried it for Ultra TNT??. What
> would it take to add 16 bits support??.
> Just in case I have some spare time...

I only have a simple V3400TNT card that I hope to try (finally?)
tonight at home. When it works I will post the bios string.

(Yesterday I did something wrong when putting the boot disk on floppy
 using 'cat ndisk > /dev/fd0disk': the disk still contained the old
 contents; today I did the same and now the cat worked. yesterday
 I did have the floppy mounted, but unmounted before the unsuccessful
 cat, I'm almost sure. Still, could that explain the difference?)

Axel.

[9fans] TNT

[Russ Cox]

Because it comes up so often, I added the TNT
explanation message to the wiki

http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/39/index.html

Russ