[Dri-devel] Re: Kind of success! (r128 on PPC (Re: LinuxPPC X Server))

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > Is this XF4.0.1 in `fbdev' mode? If yes, it's a bug in the X server. Setting
> > > the DSP registers is part of the video mode initialization and thus is the
> > > sole responsability of the frame buffer device, when running in `fbdev' mode.
> >
> > Yes.  The server shows the SAME behavior using the fbdev driver and
> > the ati driver.  Also, as a note, the 3.3.6 XF68FB_Dev server with ati
> > accel also does the same thing!   So there's some code that's getting
> > used by all three that is wrong?
>
> Both the fbdev and ati driver use the fbdvhw functions to do mode init and
> the like. So it seems the bug is in the kernel driver (sorry Geert).

I don't see how it can be in the kernel driver, if running 3.3.6 XF68FB_Dev
changes the contents of the DSP registers.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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