Gxt2000p Patch

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Joseph Manojlovich wrote:
> Here's the patch which I think fixes the video card issues I described
> in my last email.
>
> Joe Manojlovich
> manojlov at cse.psu.edu
>
> --- linuxppc/drivers/video/offb.c	Sat Nov 10 18:04:42 2001
> +++ offb.c	Sat Nov 10 18:43:36 2001
> @@ -393,7 +393,8 @@
>      unsigned long res_size = pitch*height*depth/8;
>
>      if (!request_mem_region(res_start, res_size, "offb"))
> -	return;
> +		if (!(dp && device_is_compatible(dp, "pci1014,b7")))
> +        	return;
>

What are the values res_start and res_size for which request_mem_region()
fails? What does /proc/iomem says?

This can only be a workaround for the problem, not a fix. The real fix is
probably a fix for the global bus resources.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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