another i810 crash when switching bewteen X and text console

[loic.mahe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello,

I've noticed this with the Intel 865G
chipset (i810 driver) on XFree86 4.7.0
(Linux, 2.4.35 kernel).

I've got two different machines with
this chipset. In both cases, the BIOS is
set-up for using 8MB of VRAM (this memory
is taken from the RAM).

1) industrial PC : 8085:2572 with subvendor/device
8086:4246 (Intel 865 GBF motherboard)

Here there is no crash.

2) Dell GX270 : 8086:2572 with subvendor/device
1028:0151 (Dell motherboard)

Here X crashes when switching to text
console and back to X.
It seems that the Dell BIOS mismanages
something ...

The solution I found to avoid this crash
is to use 865patch (available at
http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html)
and set the VRAM to 32000
(for example) before starting X.

I think this could be mentionned in
the release-notes and/or i810 man page.

IMHO the same information could be given
for the Intel 845G (eg apply 845patch).

Have a nice day.

Loïc, Toulouse, France