Re: mysterious headers

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>]

Chris Rutter wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Philip Blundell wrote:
>
> > Thanks.  Seems the `glide2' version is the operative one, which seems to be
> > some kind of i386 only thing.
>
> Yeah; Glide is the `register-level' interface through which applications
> can talk directly to a 3DFX card -- probably tied up with some x86 specifics;
> though having said that, I imagine it should also work on PPC (because you
> can get Voodoo3 cards for those boxes).

People are working on it for Alpha as well (I have an Alpha with an AGP
Voodoo3).  Shouldn't it work on any PCI-based system?  Or do you think people
with Voodoo3s in ARM-based boards are a small enough minority that it's not
worth doing? :-)

-Adam P.

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