Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] request_mem_region problem ...

[Antonino D. <ad...@po...>]

On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 21:00, Sven Luther wrote:
> Hello, ...
> 
> I have begun porting pm3fb to the new api, well, more exactly i am
> adapting tdfxfb to handle pm3 chips, and will port parts of pm3fb to it
> as i need them.
> 
> I have a problem when loading pm3fb as a module, and that is that
> request_mem_region fails. I know that pm3_fix.mmio_start and
> pm3_fix.mmio_len are correct, but request_mem_region still fails.
> 
> I am still searching the definition of request_mem_region in the source,
> but any help would be most welcome.
> 
> Note, this is with stock 2.5.44.
> 
Try doing a pci_enable_device() before request_mem_region, maybe that
will help.

> Also, if i register the framebuffer, without defining any of the
> fillrect, copyarea and imageblit functions (even the generic ones) i
> suppose it is normal i only get a black screen, isn't it ?
> 
Yes.

Tony