XGI and Xorg driver source for xgi cards

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:42 PM,  <pcpa at mandriva.com.br> wrote:
> Quoting Ian Romanick <idr at us.ibm.com>:
>
>  > |  Recently I received a xgi card, the sources from xgi, and some
>  > | documentation (3 pdf files).
>  >
>  > Which card?  Is it one of the older XG40 / XG45 cards (Volari V3XE,
>  > Volari V5, Volari V8, etc.) or is it one of the newer XP10 / XG47 cards
>  > (Volari 8300)?  I only ask because the each use a different driver.  The
>  > XG40 cards use xf86-video-xgi (which you mention below), and the XP10
>  > cards use xf86-video-xgixp.
>
>   The card I have is a Volari Z7. I had it and some documentation
>  for only a few days (usually I work with OEMs with Brasil team, but
>  it is a France project, so I just got a card sent to me after I
>  asked for one, but I think this is not the card used in the
>  "final solution" ...)
>
>  > |  After some time looking at the code, and assuming that besides
>  > | based on an earlier Xorg version, I assumed the code from xgi is
>  > | newer. But now I have my doubts.
>  >
>  > The xf86-video-xgi driver is basically a hacked up version of
>  > xf86-video-sis.  It removes support for older SiS chips and adds support
>  > for the XG40.
>
>   I noticed that :-)
>
>  > |  While "studying" the code, I ended up starting to "redo" what
>  > | Ian Romanick apparently did more then one year ago in
>  > | xf86-driver-xgi (based on logs), i.e. I changed it to use only
>  > | xgi_<foo>.h instead of a mix with <foo>.h, and did significant
>  > | changes to use only one internal data structure or function from
>  > | the different, and somehow coexisting implementations, etc.
>  > |
>  > |  I don't have any xgi contact, so I would like to know, most
>  > | likely from Ian Romanick, what is the current state of the xgi
>  > | driver.
>  >
>  > I haven't touched xf86-video-xgi in a long time, and I don't have any
>  > plans to pick it up again.  I'm trying to get xf86-video-xgixp in shape
>  > because IBM is going to ship a system (Google "Bimini IBM") with a
>  > Volari 8300.  If you intend to work on xf86-video-xgi, you should start
>  > from the code in GIT, *not* the code that XGI provides.
>
>   After I sent the first email, I hacked xf86-video-xgixp and the xgi
>  kernel module to make it "recognize" the card I have. Apparently it
>  locks if using mmio, and the video ram detection seens buggy, but I
>  believe it's "batch buffer" is very similar to the one used by the card
>  you are using. Anyway, I will try a bit more, hopefully I can manage
>  to make it work... Btw I have reported in bugzilla that xgixp has
>  the unresolved symbols drmFenceDestroy.

IIRC, the Z7 is SiS based, so it wont' work with the xf86-video-xgixp.
 You'll have to use the xf86-video-xgi driver.

Alex