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

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> Which doesn't use any fbdev IOCTLs to do mode init (via setting the var
> screeninfo), I gather?

It's the _fbdev_ server, so it does use the ioctl()s.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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