Re: 2.4.0-test8 timing problems?

[Sven L. <lu...@dp...>]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:39:29PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 02:39:14PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > Robert Ramiega wrote:
> > > > Michel is there some way of forcing xf4 to use permedia directly instead
> > > > of FBdev (it's tad slow) or we have to wait till PCI stuff will get
> > > > there ?
> > >
> > > Either that or till someone fixes the glint driver. Unfortunately, I won't
> > > probably be able to do anything before three weeks from now (vacation in
> > > between :). So other takers are highly welcome.
> > 
> > Michel, what exactly is involved here, ...
> > 
> > I am doing glint driver work right now anyway, and could get a look at it.
> > 
> > (but my bvision is not in my apus box right now, i had power supply problems
> > and it didn't want to boot).
> 
> That's bad, but anyway. The problem is that the glint driver segfaults with
> Option "UseFBDev", or at least without PCI support, don't know exactly. There
> are probably logs in the user list archive.
> 
> I suspect the problem may be in the fbdevhw layer (thanks to someone else
> 'fixing' something there ;).

You don't think it is endianess related or maybe ppc specific, isn't it ?

Maybe i could try it out on my work box, using XF4 on top of my G400
framebuffer.

Anyway, this would be difficult if done without a working box in front to test
it. 

Will think about it.

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER