Re: 2.4.0-test8 timing problems?

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

Sven LUTHER wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> Are there no other hardware without pci using the glint kernel ?

I don't know of any - it's a PCI chip, after all. If m68k people want to use
it, they can easily implement PCI support as well.


> > > 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.
> 
> If i compile a kernel without pci support, would it show the bug ?

Hopefully, yes.


> BTW, i will post a true bresenham accel fundtion for glint chips to
> xfree-glint today, maybe you could try it out on the pm2. Or do you know of
> a reason why the current accels only do 45° inclined lines ?

The only thing I can think of is that the glint chips' line algorithm isn't
compatible to Bresenham.


Michel


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