Re: 2.4.0-test8 timing problems?

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Sven LUTHER wrote:
> 
> 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 ?

Not likely.

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

I don't think the bug would show up there. The glint driver is still the only
one (besides fbdev) which uses fbdevhw in Probe().

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

I think it's not impossible that the bug would even show up if you tried to
use the glint driver with only amifb.


Michel


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