Re: AGP Support - SVGAlib not compatible

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From: Matan Ziv-Av (matan@svgalib.org)
Date: Sun 21 May 2000 - 18:16:49 IDT


On Sun, 21 May 2000, Joseph Miller wrote:

> I am about to purchase a new motherboard, many of which now contain
> AGP graphics.In the beginning of April, 2000 there was a posting that
> asked if SVGAlib was compatible with AGP. The answer was "No", as I recall.

The only thing where AGP and PCI differ, as far as the software is
concerned, is in the board accessing main memory, so it does not matter
for svgalib - AGP and PCI are the same, for svgalib.

> Does this mean that an AGP board will not run any SVGAlib programs?

Some will, some won't. Depending on the chipset, not the bus.


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Matan Ziv-Av.                         matan@svgalib.org


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