[haiku-development] Re: Makeshift patch for PPC

"François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Indeed. Although usually, the PPC firmware takes care of the
> > initialization, so Haiku doesn't have to care about this anymore
> > (if
> > it is not interested in changing the screen resolution afterwards).
> Yes but it only knows about some cards, and those that have a PPC-
> friendly ROM with a forth driver, which must be quite rare.
> Others it likely just ignores.

Some non-x86 firmwares have a built-in x86 emulator; the Pegasos' OF is
an example of that.

> > > The same problem with be there for m68k anyway.
> > Just that you usually will have built-in graphics that require a
> > driver anyway.
> Yes.
> But note some falcon clones (Milan, Hades) indeed have a PCI bus :)

Same for the Amiga (there are several extensions to add a PCI bus).
You'll then need a driver for your graphics card, or you're lost
(unless François goes crazy and implements an x86 BIOS emulator ;-))

Bye,
   Axel.

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