Re: ATI FB driver entry

Bryn Paul Arnold Jones (bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 27 Dec 1998 00:10:38 +0000 (GMT)


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On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Stefan Laudat wrote:

> I have encountered a small problem... when I compile my 2.1.132 with
> ATI Mach64 fb support, I get a nice message at boot time, something about
> "aty..:unknown chip" or smth like that. I have an ATI Xpert@work (3d rage
> pro with 4 megs onboard). Did I do something wrong? Same problem with 2.1.131-acx.
>

Yes, I get that too:
[...]
Starting kswapd v 1.5
atyfb: Unknown mach64 0xffff
[...]

lspci sais this about the card:
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 210888GX [Mach64 GX] (rev 01)
Flags: VGA palette snoop, stepping, medium devsel
Memory at fe000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

If anyone needs any more info, or want patches tested, just ask.

Bryn
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