Where do I find the kernel patch for agp x8? I saw in a posting elsewhere that kernel 2.4.22 may support agp x8. Tom On 20-Nov-2003 Alex Deucher wrote: > one thing you will run into is that if your new motherboard supports 8x > and your radeon supports 8x, you will need a patched version of agpgart > that supports 8x or the DRI will not work if you are using linux 2.4.x. > 2.6 supports 8x natively. Just a heads up. > > Alex > > --- tacorner@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> I signed onto the developer list too now. When the computer comes, I >> am >> thinking of trying driver snapshots or CVS versions. I have heard >> that ATI does >> not support their own driver very well. >> >> Thanks again, >> Tom >> >> On 20-Nov-2003 Alex Deucher wrote: >> > The drivers do not currently have support for agp 8x. Michel has a >> > patch on his website from ati, but it hasn't been applied/tested >> yet as >> > far as I know. I don't have the link off hand. I doubt you will >> > notice any difference between 8x and 4x. >> > >> > Let me know how it goes. >> > >> > Alex >> > >> > --- tacorner@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> Thanks. I don't get to test it until the laptop with radeon >> mobility >> >> 9200 >> >> comes next week. I understand the 9200 is the same as the 9000 >> >> except that the >> >> agp is 8x instead of 4x. Can I specify agp 8x to take advantage >> of >> >> the higher >> >> speed? >> >> >> >> Thanks again, >> >> >> >> Tom Corner >> >> >> > >> > >> > __________________________________ >> > Do you Yahoo!? >> > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now >> > http://companion.yahoo.com/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Devel mailing list >> > Devel@xxxxxxxxxxx >> > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> |\/\/\___/\/\/| Carol Anne Corner & >> \____ o o ____/ Thomas Corner tacorner@xxxxxxxxx >> ) ( 20-Nov-2003 16:50:41 Vienna, Austria >> ( * * ) mailer: xfmail >> \___/ Web Page: www.corner.chello.at >> --------------------------------------------------- >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@xxxxxxxxxxx >> http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 --------------------------------------------------- |\/\/\___/\/\/| Carol Anne Corner & \____ o o ____/ Thomas Corner tacorner@xxxxxxxxx ) ( 20-Nov-2003 20:32:04 Vienna, Austria ( * * ) mailer: xfmail \___/ Web Page: www.corner.chello.at --------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
