[Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: Fbdev 2.5.49 BK fixes.

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> I tried this patch, but it crashed during boot.

Any oops info? 

> I have a 
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP
> 1X/2X (rev 5c)
> 
> and use this in lilo.conf:
> image=/boot/2.5.49fb
>         label=2.5.49fb
>         append="video=atyfb:1280x1024-16@85"

Hm. Are you using a PPC or ix86 box? I will test this tonight.
 
> This got me a 160x64 framebuffer with yellow text on
> blue background.  Nice, but only got about 10 lines before
> the kernel hung. The disk light got stuck on and there were
> no response to things like sysrq.  
> The few lines displayed was about the fb, drm, and finally
> the 3com network adapter.  Then nothing more.

Sounds like panning flipped put.
 
> 2.5.49 without this patch works.  I use devfs & preempt,
> the machine is UP and I use gcc-2.95.4 for compiling.