Re: [Dri-users] i686 and i810e

[Dean K. <dea...@ho...>]

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll have a crack and let you know how I get on. 
Oh yeah - I am using RedHat version 6.something.
Wish me luck. Cheers,
Dean Kelshall



>From: "Homme R. Bitter" <ho...@xs...>
>To: Dean Kelshall <dea...@ho...>
>CC: <dri...@li...>
>Subject: Re: [Dri-users] i686 and i810e
>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 01:04:53 +0100 (CET)
>
>On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Dean Kelshall wrote:
>
> > I really would like some help with this one. It's got me really stumped.
> > I've got a i810 graphics card on a i686 machine. A couple weeks ago I
> > decided to try and upgrade my driver (I'm currently using a generic SVGA
> > driver). NOT a smart move. Two kernels, 20 compiles and a week later 
>sees me
> > with a 2.4.0-test2 kernel and a 2.3.99-pre6 kernel not to mention the
> > 2.2.16-dnuk kernel I'm currently using.
>
>Try pre10, really, test2 is ancient.
>
> > The DRI source compiles very nicely now except for one problem:
> > The i810.o kernel module is not being built! So I tried compiling in the
> > kernel directory and found that it isn't even TRYING to make the i810.o
> > module. 'Hmmm' I thought.
> > So I delved into Makefile.linux <scary> and found this...
> >
> > <chop>
> > ifeq ($(MACHINE),i386)
> > MODS += i810.o
> > endif
> > <endchop>
> >
> > Doh!
> > My machine is a i686. Doh! (again)
> > Anyway, I tried a quick hack to see why only 386 machines are allowed 
>and
> > changed 386 to 686 so that i810.o would be added to MODS...
>
>Odd, i386 should be enough for anyone, ehr, all ia32 architectures.
>You could also add this to your host.def, maybe that's why it won't build:
>
>/* Optionally turn this on to force the kernel modules to build */
>#define BuildXF86DRM YES
>
> > i810_dma.c:230: warning: passing arg 1 of `do_munmap_R0baa1e7a' makes
> > pointer from integer without a cast
> > i810_dma.c:230: too few arguments to function `do_munmap_R0baa1e7a'
> > make: *** [i810_dma.o] Error 1
> > [root@bc11 kernel]#
>
>This looks like bad news indeed, probablye someone broke this
>unintentionally or the API has changed since pre2?
>
> > *sniff*
> > Please help! I've scoured the mailing lists and I'm running out of 
>options
> > and would really like to get this working. =)
>
>What I'd do (I haven't been fiddling with i810 for a while, I got sick
>everytime I had to do something on the box and all my colleagues where
>flashing their neat G400 and TNT2 boxes) is get a pre10 kernel and  try
>that with the latest CVS.
>If that wouldn't work, I'd get a previous version (you can check when the
>code has changed on the cvs mailinglist of DRI) and see if that would
>work.
>After that, I'd blame the developers and dump the specific problem in
>the developers list and/or do a bugreport.
>Oh, you didn't mention what distribution you are using, if you say RH 7.0
>I say use kgcc to build, the "default" gcc 2.96 they use is something that
>has been a bad mistake in my view and it won't build DRI properly, amongst
>a whole range of other apps.
>
>Regards, happy building,
>
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