Re: 2.4.0-test8 timing problems?

[Michel <dae...@st...>]

Sven LUTHER wrote:

> > > > >  In the attachement You'll find small tgz with my XF86Config and 4
> > > > > Xfree.log (with some combination of BusID and UseFBDev) I hope that
> > > > > helps.
> > > >
> > > > Interesting. Looks like it always crashes if you specify the bus ID.
> > > > Otherwise, it gets further, but then crashes. Sven, could it be due to
> > > > some of your PM3 changes?
> > >
> > > No this is not possible, all pm3 changes i did test for the the chip to
> > > be a pm3, and i did nothing yet for fbdev use.
> >
> > The problem might be exactly there. If there is no PCI, you can't check
> > the PCI info. I had originally tried to guard all PCI related stuff by the
> > FBDevProbed boolean (maybe we should change that to HavePCI or
> > something?), maybe you accidentally broke the logic with your PM3 changes?
> 
> No i think not that i did anything like that, the only stuff i did is
> duplicate the permedia2v case in switches and rename it permedia3 and do
> some modification then.
> 
> BTW, maybe the glint driver would need some restructuring, i thinkk.
> Whatever happened to the discution about fbdev probing we had some month ago
> with (don't remember exactly, but he was one of the big xfree guys.)

I guess you mean Egbert Eich?

Of course, if we'd get PCI working in 2.4 as well it would be best to skip the
fbdev probing code altogether probably.


> Will try to do a pm3 fbdev this weekend.

Good luck, remember that this probably won't help you with this bug as it's
only about PCI not being available.


Michel


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