Re: [I810fb-user] linux-2.4.20-i810fb failure

[<jh...@ri...>]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:10:03AM +0500, Antonino Daplas wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 22:32, Joseph Fannin wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:50:51AM +0500, Antonino Daplas wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 02:20, Joseph Fannin wrote:
> > > >     Hi,
> > > >=20
> > > >     The i810-lite framebuffer driver isn't working for me on my lap=
top with
> > > > 2.4.20.  I've tried versions 0.0.33, 0.0.34 and 0.0.31 (the version=
 I
> > > > was using with 2.4.19) on top of the patch for 2.4.20.
> > > >=20
> >=20
> >    This did not work -- I even enabled 4bpp support for good measure,
> >    and the resulting .config has stuff set right.
> >=20
> >    Setting bpp=3D16 on the command line makes things work though.  So I
> >    guess it's an 8 bit issue (I haven't tried 24 or 32).
> >=20
> >    The Config.in looks fine to me.  *shrug*.  It's working, I'm happy.=
=20
> >=20
> I'm not happy, it should work :-(.  Support for bpp8 is there, I know
> it, because we are using the same patch.  Once in a while, all those
> dependencies just get whacked, and another recompile, with a make clean,
> make dep might fix those dependencies (fbcon-cfb8 must get compiled and
> linked).  I'll check it on a test kernel and let you know.

    You were right -- a make clean and a rebuild of the same kernel
and .config gives me working 8bpp.  That's great.

    I'll be using 16 bit from now on anyway though now that I've
discovered links2's graphical support for the framebuffer. =20

    I also have i810fb-dev working on a 2.5 kernel with a few
caveats.  I'm going to upgrade my 2.5 kernel today, and I'll send on
anything I've found (unless it's all fixed now) later this afternoon.

    Thank you for all the work you've done on this.

--=20
Joseph Fannin
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