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Platform Notes: SPARCstation™ 10SX and 20 System Configuration Guide Solaris™ 2.6 Sun Microsystems 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 U.S.A. 415-960-1300 Part No. 802-7304-10 August 1997, Revision A Copyright 1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043-1100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. Third-party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers. Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems, licensed from the University of California. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. 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CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE "EN L’ETAT" ET AUCUNE GARANTIE, EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE, N’EST ACCORDEE, Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE, L’APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE, OU LE FAIT QU’ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS. CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S’APPLIQUERAIT PAS, DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU. Please Recycle Contents Preface ix 1. Introduction to Graphics on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 1-1 2. Reserving DRAM for SX Accelerated Applications 2-1 2.1 Introduction 2-1 2.2 Advantages of Using SXDRAM 2-2 2.3 When to Reserve SXDRAM 2-2 2.4 Calculating SXDRAM to Reserve 2-2 2.5 Configuring SXDRAM 2-3 2.5.1 Memory Bank Layout on the SPARCstation 10SX 2-3 2.5.2 Memory Bank Layout on the SPARCstation 20 2-6 2.5.3 System Software Constraints for SXDRAM Configuration 2-7 2.5.4 Recommended DSIMM/VSIMM Configuration for the SPARCstation 10SX 2-7 2.5.5 SXDRAM Configuration 2-8 3. Running OpenWindows on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 3-1 3.1 CG14 Pixel Modes for Running the Window System 3-1 3.2 Visuals Supported By Openwindows 3.3 3-2 3.3 False Color Effects 3-3 Contents iii 4. XIL Acceleration on SX 4-1 5. XGL Accelerator Guide for SX 5-1 5.1 Overview 5-1 5.2 Texture Mapping 5-3 5.3 X Visuals 5-3 5.3.1 XGL_3D_CTX_JITTER_OFFSET 5-4 5.3.2 SIGFPE 5-4 5.3.3 XGL_CTX_PICK_APERTURE 5-4 5.3.4 XGL_DEV_COLOR_TYPE and XGL_DEV_REAL_COLOR_TYPE 5-4 5.4 Antialiasing 5-4 5.5 Performance Considerations 5-5 A. Boot Messages A-1 iv Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • August 1997 Tables TABLE 2-1 SPARCstation 10SX System Memory Layout 16 MByte DSIMMs only 2-4 TABLE 2-2 SPARCstation 10SX System Memory Layout One 4 MByte VSIMM, Seven 16 MByte DSIMMs 2-5 TABLE 2-3 SPARCstation 10SX System Memory Layout One 4 MByte VSIMM, Seven 64 MByte DSIMMs 2-5 TABLE 2-4 Comparing Slot Locations on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 2-6 Tables v vi Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • August 1997 Figures FIGURE 2-1 Memory Layout on Mother Board of SPARCstation 10SX 2-4 Figures vii viii Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • August 1997 Preface This manual, SPARCstation™ 10SX and 20 System Configuration Guide, describes the machine-dependent functions of the Solaris® 2.x graphics and window system APIs (Application Program Interfaces) such as XGL™(2-D and 3-D Graphics Library), and Xlib, as related to the SX video subsystem. In addition, this document describes configuring and tuning the SX video subsystem to enhance the performance of the applications using the XGL API. Note – XIL 1.3 in this Solaris release does not provide performance enhancements specifically for the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20. The last release to provide XIL acceleration specifically for these systems was the Solaris 2.5.1 release. This document should be used as an addendum to the Solaris 2.x document set and the SPARCstation 10SX Hardware Owner’s Guide or SPARCstation 20 Hardware Owner’s Guide. How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1, “Introduction to Graphics on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20”, gives a brief description of the SPARCstation 10SX and 20SX. Chapter 2, “Reserving DRAM for SX Accelerated Applications”, discusses issues pertinent to configuring the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 to enhance Sun Pixel Arithmetic Memory processor (SX) accelerator performance. Chapter 3, “Running OpenWindows on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20“, discusses the visuals that are present when running OpenWindows on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20. Preface ix Chapter 4, “XIL Acceleration on SX”, explains that no XIL enhancements specifically for the SX are provided in this Solaris release. Chapter 5, “XGL Accelerator Guide for SX”, discusses the operation of XGL 3.0.2 on the SX. Appendix A, “Boot Messages“, shows messages displayed on the SPARCstation 10SX or 20SX during the boot process following SXDRAM configuration. Using UNIX Commands This document may not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See one or more of the following for this information: ■ AnswerBook™ online documentation for the Solaris™ 2.x software environment ■ Other software documentation that you received with your system x Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide • August 1997 Typographic Conventions TABLE P-1 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, Edit your .login file. and directories; on-screen Use ls -a to list all files. computer output. % You have mail. AaBbCc123 What you type, when % su contrasted with on-screen Password: computer output. AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. terms, words to be emphasized. These are called class options. Command-line variable; You must be root to do this. replace with a real name or To delete a file, type rm filename. value. Shell Prompts TABLE P-2 Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine_name% C shell superuser machine_name# Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn shell # superuser xi Ordering Sun Documents SunDocsSM is a distribution program for Sun Microsystems technical documentation.