On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 09:26 -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Alex Buell <alex.buell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:57:07 +0000 > > > On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 14:36 -0800, David Miller wrote: > >> From: Alex Buell <alex.buell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:36:13 +0000 > >> > >> > Those are 32 bit addresses, so I suppose I should be getting the base > >> > address for the registers accesses from region 1, right? > >> > >> Yes, and pre-computed addresses exist in pci_region_start(pdev, 1). > > > > Do you have any tips for reducing the amount of reboots I have to do > > whenever I try loading the s3fb module after changing code? > > You should build s3fb as a module, block it from auto-loading in > /etc/modules.conf, and then load it explicitly by hand as you > make changes and recompile. I'm already doing that. In the instances where it results in a crash and reboots are impossible, dropping into the OpenPROM results in a total system freeze, cannot type anything in, this means a big red switch time. Solaris didn't have this problem. Any ideas why Linux does this to the OpenPROM? -- Tactical Nuclear Kittens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
