On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Alex Deucher wrote: >Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:27:39 -0700 (PDT) >From: Alex Deucher <agd5f@yahoo.com> >To: xfree86-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >List-Id: Red Hat XFree86 list <xfree86-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Re: Radeon and Rage 128 VT switch bug finally squashed > >there were some patches floating around on the the xpert or dri-devel >ML's last week that attempted to fix this. I believe the problem was >related to busmastering being unset during a VT switch. That patch from C.P.Botha is included in the RPM package below. I also wrote a patch for Rage 128 to fix the same issue there. Both are included in rawhide. >Alex > >--- Thomas Dodd <ted@cypress.com> wrote: >> >> >> Mike A. Harris wrote: >> >> >For new XFree86 packages for Limbo: >> > >> >ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/bleeding-edge >> > >> >> I grabbed the SRPM, and built on a Valhalla system. >> I flipped the switch to build drm, which failed for >> the i810 and i830 drivers. The patch to us udelay() instead >> of a for loop doesn't include <linux/delay.h> which >> defines udelay(). The other drivers which >> use udelay() do include that header. >> Like gamma_dma.c, mga_dma.c, r128_cce.c, and radeon_cp.c. >> >> I haven't tested the build yet. >> I'm also working on installing limbo2 (7.3.93) an a r128 box >> to test it there. >> >> Any known tricks to exercize the VT switch problem on >> a rage 128? >> >> -Thomas >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better >http://health.yahoo.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >xfree86-list mailing list >xfree86-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list >IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com > -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
