[rescue] PGX32 in an Ultra 45?

[Jonathan Sturges]

> On Fri, 15 May 2009, Jonathan Sturges wrote:

> 
> > I have an Ultra 45 who's graphics card was scavenged, but now needs
> > graphics again, so I'm digging around in the parts bin.  Any reason why
> > a PGX32 video card wouldn't work in an Ultra 45 running Solaris 10?
> 
> To my knowledge, that's unsupported, but it ought to work just fine.
> 
> > The PGX32 driver packages are installed, I noticed.  I guess my concern
> > was that there might be some incompatibility with OBP that would prevent
> > the PGX32 from working until the OS had booted.  Anyone tried this with
> > success?
> 
> You won't break anything by trying.  OBP doesn't really have much in the
> way of device-specific graphics support; it treats everything like a slow
> dumb framebuffer.

I tested the PGX32 yesterday.  Indeed, it works flawlessly in the Ultra45, as I'd hoped.  The machine picks it right up and the Solaris 10 PGX32 driver works fine.  The card also picked up the DDC from the 19" Sun LCD it is hooked to, and set the video timings to match.  The PGX32 has a preset mode (1280x1024 at 60) that's perfect for this LCD.
The PGX32 is quite sluggish, but it's fine for what I need it for.

thanks,
Jonathan