From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265276AbUBALqJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 06:46:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265293AbUBALqJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 06:46:09 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:54145 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265276AbUBALqH (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 06:46:07 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Subject: Re: [OT] Crazy idea: Design open-source graphics chip Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:46:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4017F2C0.4020001@techsource.com> <200401291211.05461.chakkerz@optusnet.com.au> <40193136.4070607@techsource.com> <200401291629.i0TGTN7S001406@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <40193A67.7080308@techsource.com> <200401291718.i0THIgbb001691@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <4019472D.70604@techsource.com> <200401291855.i0TItHoU001867@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <40195AE0.2010006@techsource.com> <200402011106.i11B6E7F000557@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ti200710a080-2939.bb.online.no User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:EjAaK3lvWRdvCX/+ZzeS8Oe2aRg= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org John Bradford writes: > A cheap cludge would be an optional second GPU on the card just to do > the required VGA modes, with an analogue video pass-through. That > would make the VGA cards more expensive than a single GPU which > incorporated VGA, but add almost nothing in cost or complexity terms > to the non-VGA cards. The DEC TGA series cards did something like that, using a Cirrus Logic chip for the VGA support. -- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se