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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: ATI Mach64 Kernel driver.
From:       Romano Giannetti <romano () dea ! icai ! upco ! es>
Date:       1998-12-03 9:56:13
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On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 01:50:19AM +0200, Antti Andreimann wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 04:13:04PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Antti Andreimann wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 12:47:28PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > IC. The support for Mach64 GX is far from complete. Mach64 CT/VT/GT should be
> > > > OK.
> > > How about Mach64 GP ? And why aren't Mach64 chips compatible to each other ? 
> > > Another misdesign from ATI ?
> > > 
> > > Here is lspci for my card:
> > > 00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 215GP [Mach64 GP] (rev 5c)
> > 
> > Mach64 GP is a 3D RAGE PRO, which is a Mach64 GT model and should work fine.
> Umm. Oh sweet irony. It doesn't. With kernel framebuffer driver I mean.
> aty_init will get segfault and lock up the whole kernel at boot. Maybe it's
> because I have PCI version. Someone in the list mentioned that his AGP one
> works fine. I can do some tests if it will help. Just tell me what to do.

... It seems to me that this is the bug I had (locking kernel at boot,
I have an ATI RAGE IIC board), and that Philipp Rumpf (look at the Cc:
list for the email) has ironed out. Now I have no time to test his
latest/greatest patches, but probably some of you can help him. 

Bye,
      Romano (in the role of thread-connecting-people :-))


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