Re: Atyfb questions and issues

[James Simmons]

> james,
> 
> I remember that xlinit in 2.6 kernel only works when BIOS option-rom
> really init fb.
> It can not work if the BIOS option rom is not executed.
> 
> For 2.4, it reversed, it can not work if BIOS opton-rom is executed.
> Only work if BIOS don't excute the option rom.

You are right. The init_from_bios is called on x86 in aty_setup_generic 
before aty_init which calls the biosless initialization. The question is 
what needs to be done to properly fix it?

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