xf 4.0.1 + ati driver with rage II/rage pro

[Michel Dänzer]

Kostas Gewrgiou wrote:
>
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>
> > That's not fixable at the X level (well, technically it is but I can't
> > figure out how and the X people refuse to consider that method). You will
> > need to boot via OF and yaboot (or equivalent oldworld) directly, not via
> > BootX to avoid the PCI resource conflict. Alternative: fix the resource
> > conflict at the kernel level, new patch by me in the works.
>
> Hmm if you think that its fixable in the X level then we should give it
> a try, i can't see how though unless we get X to accept this allocations
> (are they legal ?).

I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that Egbert or whoever made the code disable
it has done so for a reason.


Michel


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