[Info-vax] Radeon 7500 PCI: I64 works, Alpha not?

[Steven Schweda]

   Around here:

ALP $ tcpip show version

  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6 - ECO 5
  on a COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000 running OpenVMS V8.3

ALP $ analyze /system

OpenVMS system analyzer

SDA> clue config

System Configuration:
---------------------
System Information:
System Type   COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000    Primary CPU ID
0.
Cycle Time    2.0 nsec (500 MHz)                        Pagesize
8192 Byte
[...]
Adapter Configuration:
----------------------
TR Adapter     ADP               Hose Bus   BusArrayEntry     Node
CSR            Vec/IRQ Port Slot Device Name / HW-Id
-- ----------- ----------------- ---- ----------------------- ----
---------------------- ---- ---- ---------------------------
[...]
 5 PCI         FFFFFFFF.82524380    0 PCI
                                            FFFFFFFF.825249E0   38
FFFFFFFF.8CBAB800   40         7 MFPCI
                                            FFFFFFFF.82524BC0   58
FFFFFFFF.8CBD1800   E0 PKC:   11 Symbios 895
                                            FFFFFFFF.82524C38   60
FFFFFFFF.8CBD4000   D0 GHA:   12 ATI Radeon 7500
                                            FFFFFFFF.82524CB0   68
FFFFFFFF.8CBD6800   C0 EWB:   13 DEGXA-TB (Gigabit Ethernet)
[...]


   It's been working fine for years, possibly starting with
VMS V7.3-2.  The (old, stale, stable) firmware for the
XP1000:

>>>show version
version                 V5.9-1 Dec 14 2000 16:19:05

can't identify it (or the gb/s Ethernet card):

>>>show config
[...]
 Slot   Option          Hose 0, Bus 0, PCI
  11    NCR 53C895              pkc0.7.0.11.0           SCSI Bus ID 7
                                dkc0.0.0.11.0           SEAGATE
ST336607LC
                                dkc100.1.0.11.0         SEAGATE
ST336607LC
  12    51571002/013B1002
  13    16C714E4/601B0E11
[...]

but that's only mildly annoying to me.  Tru64 likes it, too.


> [...] 'garbage' output [...]

   Not a particularly valuable description.  One can imagine
many possible kinds of "garbage", with many causes, including
a poor choice of resolution values and/or display
capabilities.  For example, my DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM
includes a "GH" section:

[...]
$ dwd0 = -
   f$edit( f$extract( 0, 2, f$element( 0, ",", DECW$DEVICE)),
"UPCASE")
[...]
$!
$! GH (Ati Radeon 7500 in XP1000) currently uses high-res display.
$!
$ if (dwd0 .eqs. "GH")
$ then
$!
$! Low-res settings:
$!
$!!!    decw$xsize_in_pixels == "1024"
$!!!    decw$ysize_in_pixels == "768"
$!!!    define /system /executive_mode decw$server_refresh_rate 60
$!
$! High-res settings:
$!
$    decw$xsize_in_pixels == "1280"
$    decw$ysize_in_pixels == "1024"
$!
$! Override defaults of 8-bit depth and 70Hz refresh.
$!
$ define /system /executive_mode decw$server_pixel_depth 24
$!!! define /system /executive_mode decw$server_refresh_rate 75
$!
$ endif
$!
[...]

   I don't know what the defaults are.  (My display says that
it's getting 1280x1024/ 75Hz, so 75Hz may be the default
vertical rate.)


> There have been many flavours of the 7500. [...]

   True, and your card description is not very detailed,
either.