Re: ATI Mach64 Kernel driver.
Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 16:05:56 +0100 (CET)
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Richard Guenther wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Antti Andreimann wrote:
> > > Yesterday I installed 2.1.130 kernel. After sucessful compile and install
> > > the kernel did not boot. It stopped with invalid pointer in aty_init function.
> > > I have ATI RagePro with 8Mb of memory. Is this Mach64 Framebuffer driver
> > > supposed to be faulty or is there something I can do to help fixing it.
> > > (Do some dumps/tests e.t.c).
> >
> > From reading all those reports about the driver, it looks like ioremap()
> > behaves different on ia32 than on PPC and SPARC64...
>
> Well, it actually workes fine for me (old ATI-Winturbo). The only
> thing I am really missing is scroll-back feature after changing
> the screen-resolution using fbset. BTW. is there a way to disable
> fb on the kernel command line, i.e. use vgacon? Or a way to tell
video=atyfb:off
> the driver another default resolution for _every_ virtual screen?
You can use `fbset -a' to change the resolution for all VCs at once.
> And, finally - the logo has corrupted colors (doesnt matter for
> me :/).
What Mach64 chip do you have?
Greetings,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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