Re: XZ

["Fernando D. Mato Mira" <matomira@acm.org>]

At 05:15 PM 10/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>    XZ is one of the variants of the Elan/Extreme series of cards,
>which have one or more geometry engines on the card.  The geometry
>engines need microcode downloaded for full functionality, and the
>interfaces are not externally documented, so it is hard to build
>linux support without access to the IRIX source for reference.

What about just getting the console running (no X server)?
How do GR2 (Indigo Elan) and GR3 (Indigo II Elan) differ in terms of
programming?



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