xf 4.0.0/1 with rage II/rage pro -- should the ati driver work?

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> >  > 	/* hack */
> >  > 	pScrn->videoRam = 2048;
> >  > [...]
> >  > The hack to unconditionally set pScrn->videoRam to 2M should be removed,
> >
> >
> > The rsync of atimach64ppc.c I got earlier today doesn't have this
> > unconditonal assignment hack anymore.  The hardwired vram setting
>
> It was too obvious to go undetected for long :-). Now if the kernel
> framebuffer driver (atyfb, and don't check the 'no video driver' option
> when using BootX) reportds the correct vram size the X server should see
> the correct size as well.

However, I see a problem. Atyfb reports the video RAM size minus the cursor
area. If you divide that number of bytes by 1024 to get pScrn->videoRam, you
end up with 1 MB too few :-(

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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