Re: Phase 5 Statement on Linux for PowerPC

[Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>]

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 10:02:33AM +0100, Adrian Cox wrote:
> > There are three problems:
> > 1) If you use plug-in graphics cards, you get a lot more choice with
> > AGP. The IBM chipset doesn't have AGP.
> 
> This can be rectified with some minor difficulty; would require changes  
> at the component level, possibly a dropin replacement with something   
> that VIA makes perhaps?

It's not that simple: AGP belongs on the host bridge. It's not like a PCI/ISA
bridge. VIA makes ia32 host bridges only.

Greetings,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
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Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium