From: Steffen Seeger <seeger@physik.tu-chemnitz.de>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:03:53 +0200 (MEST)

Re: Patches (3dfx)

> > BTW: anyone out there that has docs for one of the VooDoo cards? I would
> > like to have a proof-of concept driver to demonstrate display-overloading.
> > You only need to be able to setup one mode (e.g. 1024x768x5r5g5b1a16z)
> > 
>  Well, they don't give out any programming information. The linux glide port 
> was done by a volunteer under NDA for free.
> 
>  In the latest glide release there is included a small 3dfx device driver. It 
> just seems to arbritrate the 3dfx and mmap the register space. I just glanced 
> through the code. But at least there's some info.
> 
>  It can be found at:
>  ftp://ftp.xxedgexx.com/pub/Linux/3dfx/SRPMS/Device3Dfx-1-3.src.rpm
> 
> / Alex

Yes, Daryll told me about that, but I think I heard somewhere that they
released at least the 2D specs, so that one could initialize the card.
May be I am confusing something....

			Steffen

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