Problems with the atyfb driver on Power Mac G3

[Kevin Puetz]

nOn Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Eric Dorland wrote:

> >1st thing for both of you (and other users) - STAY AWAY FROM 2.3.x UNLESS
> >YOU KNOW WHY YOU ARE MOVING TO IT!
> 
> I don't use them. I just booted with 2.3.6 once because it contained the
> latest atyfb driver, to see if it would help. It didn't.

Geert suggested just moving atyfb.c from 2.3.6 into 2.2.10 - that is
definately less risky. But when Linus says developmental release, it
means this version would never have left the project team in a normal
software company.

> >On a happier note, I checked out 2.2.10 today (use -rlinux_2_2 if you use
> >cvs to switch branches), and built it, and the dancing pixels and other
> >artifacts are gone (on a rev 1 G3 desktop with Rage II+, but I had the same
> >symptoms, so maybe the same fix will help).
> 
> I'm glad someone's having some luck :) What settings is the kernel
> reporting (mlck, pll, etc.)?

67/200 (I think, from memory) but this is a Rage II+ not a Rage Pro (It's
a rev 1 box) so the values may not apply to your situation well.

> >I think 2.2.10 has the mach64 work from 2.3.6 backported into it w/o the
> >other potential problems
> 
> I don't think the stock 2.2.10 kernel has the latest drivers in it, but you
> can drop the atyfb.c file from 2.3.6 into a 2.2.10 tree and it should
> compile without problems. I believe someone has a precompiled kernel that
> is like this. I use the 2.2.10 kernel everyday, but the snow persists.

Hmm... it went away for me. Want the vmlinux? I can send it to you if you
want (not that it should be any different than one you built, but...). It
has pretty much normal config+mac-on-linux patches.

> Eric Dorland
> mailto:dorland at lords.com
> 
> 

Kevin Puetz <kp11901 at www.cedarnet.org>



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