Re: [PATCH] nvidiafb support for 6600 and 6200

[Antonino A. Daplas]

Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Calin A. Culianu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch can be applied against 2.6.15-rc1 to add support to the
>> nvidiafb driver for a few obscure (yet on-the-market) nvidia
>> boards/chipsets, including various versions of the Geforce 6600 and 6200.
>>
>> This patch has been tested and allows the above-mentioned boards to get
>> framebuffer console support.
>>
> 
> Is this a pci-e card?  With a pci-e card, the actual chipset type is located
> in one of the registers (instead of deriving it from the pci device id) and
> will resolve into one of the supported architectures, usually an NV_ARCH_40.
> 
> Can you try this patch instead? And send me your dmesg whether it works or
> not.

Forgot to mention that you still have to add your device to nvidiafb_pci_tbl
after applying this patch.

Tony
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