Re: [linux-fbdev] Re: atyfb with 2.3.30 ond x86

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Wed, 08 Dec 1999 12:59:31 -0500

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hmm, this means the card wasn't initialized at all. Looks like we'll have to
> write our own memory probing code for platforms where only one video card is
> initialized. On PPC, all ATI cards get initialized by Open Firmware.

Another solution is to do a callback to a userspace program like x86emu,
which can re-init the second card via BIOS. That's what XFree86 does.

Personally I would rather avoid BIOS altogether...

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