Radeon and Rage 128 VT switch bug finally squashed

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have you forwarded your fix to Xfree or DRI for inclusion/testing?

Alex

--- "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@redhat.com> wrote:
> 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
> >> 
> >> 
> >
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