Thanks for the reply Daniel,

but having looked through a previous post - there appears to be a difference with the standard "agp" and one for the i830:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2002/11/04/0000.html

perhaps this will help to explain me a bit better to all  :)

Phil.


On Wed, 28 May 2003 06:48:09 +1000
Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au> wrote:

> On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 09:35:43PM +0100, Phil Pereira wrote:
> > Hello fellow i386 NetBSDers,
> > 
> > I've got a HP Pavilion N5412L (laptop), the sound is supported well in NetBSD as well as the floppy, CD drive, etc. The only problem I have is the graphics. It will work with VESA, but I know the graphics chip, the i830M, is capable of much more - 24 bit depth - which I can do in FreeBSD.
> > 
> > I want to go NetBSD all the way on this laptop - but I need the "agpgart" to work in the kernel for X to fully support the chip. So - my actual question - how is the progress? When can I expect to install it?
> > 
> 
> agp* at pchb?
> 
> This is in the GENERIC kernel.  If you have a particular problem with this device on your chip, please report that instead.
> 
> --
> Dan.


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Phil.
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