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| 1828.1 | | STAR::KLEINSORGE | Frederick Kleinsorge | Tue Feb 04 1997 16:45 | 8 |
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You need to issue a ISACFG command at the console prompt. Unix used to
use the string "isa--vga" as the handle (and VMS still does), although
they may have changed the handle to explicitly identify the Mach64.
I would assume that the details are someplace in the release notes.
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| 1828.2 | Releasenotes yes, but no info in it. | UTRTSC::DRUMMEN | By motorcycle we do it fast | Wed Feb 05 1997 16:22 | 8 |
| I grabbed the release notes of the AS300 out of TIMA-tools because
they mention that you need them for installing WNT or an ATIMACH 64.
However when you print them, you find some stuff regarding WNT but
not a word about the ATIMACH64????
So there seems to be an issue, but they don't explain it.
regards Ton
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| 1828.3 | | WRKSYS::SCHUMANN | | Wed Feb 05 1997 21:18 | 4 |
| re .*
This is the AlphaSTATION notes file. We don't do servers. See note 3.
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| 1828.4 | | STAR::KLEINSORGE | Frederick Kleinsorge | Thu Feb 06 1997 11:15 | 6 |
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Oh come on. The AlphaServer 300 is really a repackaged AlphaStation.
We are one company, and someone over here probably can answer this as
well or better than the AlphaServer folks.
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| 1828.5 | Um, really, it's not our stuff | WRKSYS::SCHUMANN | | Thu Feb 06 1997 13:03 | 10 |
| Fred,
If I had the answer, I'd supply it. We didn't write those release notes,
we can't fix that. The firmware on those boxes is done by the server group,
etc.
I honestly didn't know that an AlphaServer 300 is a repackaged AlphaStation.
Which one is it?
--RS
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| 1828.6 | | DECWET::LEESC | | Thu Feb 06 1997 19:39 | 4 |
| AlphaStation 250.
Scott
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| 1828.7 | | STAR::KLEINSORGE | Frederick Kleinsorge | Fri Feb 07 1997 10:21 | 12 |
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So, if I ask the same question for a AS250, what is the answer?
Because it should be the same. The Unix code doesn't do something
different for each box. I just could not tell you offhand if:
isacfg -mk -slot 4 -handle isa--vga
would work on Unix *today* for the mach64 (it will on OpenVMS) or
if they changed to a Mach64-specific handle (as they did with the
EISA config files).
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| 1828.8 | ATI Mach64 ISA/EISA config diff for DU V3.* vs V4.* | RUSURE::FRANZINI | | Mon Feb 10 1997 10:12 | 48 |
| ISA/EISA configuration change for ATI Mach64 graphics in Digital UNIX V4.0
The ATI Mach64 graphics option is an ISA card, so you have to run either
the ISA Configuration Utility, isacfg, (on systems with an ISA bus) or the
EISA Configuration Utility, ecu, (on systems with an EISA bus) at the
console prompt to configure the card before Digital UNIX will recognize it.
The ISA device handle or ECU configuration file you must use is different
between Digital UNIX V3.* and V4.*.
This change was necessitated because the VGA driver was separated into
individual drivers in Digital UNIX V4.0 to save signifigant memory
resources and to allow 3rd-party SVGA drivers to be written.
isacfg:
>>> isacfg -mod -slot <slot#> -handle <handle> -etyp 1 -enadev 1
where <handle> is:
ISA--VGA for Digital UNIX V3.*
MACH64 for Digital UNIX V4.*
>>> init
ecu:
>>> ecu
Use the "Add or Remove Boards" ECU option to remove any existing
configuration information for the slot containing the ATI Mach64
card, and to select the appropriate configuration file:
!PHI8041.CFG -- Standard VGA Controller for Digital UNIX V3.*
!ISA6400.CFG -- ISA ATI MACH64 VGA Controller for Digital UNIX V4.*
Use the "Save and Exit" ECU option to save the new configuration
information.
Press the Reset button to return to the SRM console.
Once the ATI Mach64 card is configured correctly, boot genvmunix and use
the doconfig command to recreate your kernel configuration file with the
correct entry for the ATI Mach64 driver and to rebuild the kernel:
controller vga0 at * for Digital UNIX V3.*
controller ati0 at * for Digital UNIX V4.*
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