Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] fbdev fbgen cleanup

[Sven <lu...@dp...>]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 11:57:34AM -0600, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> > > I know there's some sort of framebuffer support for it; since it doesn't
> > > have a VGA mode. dunno anything more about it than that.
> > > the Indy also has the distinction of being the only SGI to have an XFree86
> > > driver for its video (newport).
> > 
> > Is this newport the same as indy 8-bit ? I had the impressoion that there were
> > multiple possibilities about it.
> 
> maybe. the two video board models I know about, are the 8-bit, and the
> 24-bit. dunno which is supported, or how well. we had one of each kind of

Ok, ...

> board, but I don't remember ever actually running linux/X on the Indy we
> had; tho we did use the console. 

if fbdev works, then it is fine with me. altough X would have been nice, i
suppose X with the fbdev driver would work on such a setup anyway, but may be
real slow, but not slower than on my 68030 amiga back then.

> we just used SGI's X server for any GUI stuff.

Under IRIX i guess ...

Friendly,

Sven Luther