[parisc-linux] B1000/C3000

[M. Grabert]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Grant Grundler wrote:

> > 2. It should be "Which non-HP PCI graphic cards *work* with PA-RISC Linux"
>
> Patches would be alot easier...

Here you go ...

I attached a 'cvs diff -u src/faq/graphics-howto.x', I hope that's the
normal way to prepare do a CVS patch.


Greetings,
  Max
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RCS file: /var/cvs/web/src/faq/graphics-howto.x,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 graphics-howto.x
--- a/src/faq/graphics-howto.x	15 Apr 2004 16:08:02 -0000	1.2
+++ b/src/faq/graphics-howto.x	16 Apr 2004 02:23:20 -0000
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@
 
 Unfortunately no 2D or 3D acceleration support is in the
 X11 drivers. Only raw frame buffer is supported.
-
-<h2>Which non-HP PCI graphic cards with PA-RISC Linux?</h2>
-<br>
-Depends on which graphics card you are using.
+<br><br>
+<h2>Which non-HP PCI graphic cards work with PA-RISC Linux?</h2>
+Depends on which graphics card you are using.<br><br>
 Most graphics card have to be initialized by firmware before
 the OS driver can use the card.
 Usually this is done by the BIOS on (ix86-PCs),
@@ -44,11 +43,11 @@
 initialization program stored on the graphics card.
 <br>
 Unfortunately each of these firmware is incompatible with other
-computers. PA-RISC PDC cannot initialize a PC graphics card.
+computers. For example, a PA-RISC PDC cannot initialize a PC graphics card.
 Therefore the graphic card vendors produce different versions for
 each platform (e.g. ATI produces different 'Fire GL' graphics cards for
 PC, MAC and PA-RISC).
-<br>
+<br><br>
 This leads to the following problems:
 <br>
 <ul>
@@ -58,11 +57,9 @@
 	problem, since this would require patching the PDC firmware.
 	Use serial console to access the PDC boot menu.
 
-	<li> You have to initialize a non-HP graphics card somehow
-</ul>
+	<li> You have to initialize a non-HP graphics card somehow:
 
-<h2>Linux framebuffer driver</h2>
-<br>
+<h3>Linux framebuffer driver</h3>
 Some graphic cards can be initialized by the linux framebuffer
 drivers directly, and might work on PA-RISC Linux.
 This is an incomplete list:
@@ -73,10 +70,9 @@
 </ul>
 To date, Voodoo2 and ATI Rage XL card are reported to have worked.
 In combination with the fbdev X-server from XFree86/X.org
-you should able to have a nice X11 desktop.
+you should able to have a nice (albeit unaccelerated) X11 desktop.
 
-<h2>XFree86/X.org driver</h2>
-<br>
+<h3>XFree86/X.org driver</h3>
 Another approach is to use the XFree86/X.org graphic card drivers.
 <br>
 The XFree86/X.org server contains a small ix86-Emulator that is able
@@ -87,6 +83,7 @@
 An advantage of this approach would be the ability to use
 advanced features of the graphics card, like 2D/3D
 acceleration, graphics overlay etc.
+</ul>
 <br>
 <hr>
 <p><i>Last revised: Thu Apr 15 09:06:29 PDT 2004</i></p>