AGP : ATI128,powerpc

[Vincent Katz]

Ok thanks, i understand the problem ;-)
this, go against my frame of mind but i yield (i m not narrow-minded ;-)
), meanwhile the update of the official, i'll use your rsync.
 thx for all, good luck.

thx also for my gpm problem :-)

vince.

On 15 Nov 2001 15:45:02 +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >PPC machine : TiBook (Powerbook Titanium)
> >ATY : aty128fb: Rage Mobility M3 (AGP) [chip rev 0x0] 8M 128-bit SDR
> >SGRAM (1:1)
> >
> >Is it possible to add in the flush_cache function a
> >"defined(__powerpc__)"  like alpha, sparc ..or i386 .. ?
> >
> >When the function flush_cache in the file "agpgart_be.c" ll be updated
> >in the offical kernel for ppc cpu ?
>
> It's more than flush cache that is needed ;) flush_cache alone will
> eventually allow AGP to compile, not to work.
>
> Get my current rsync tree from rsync.penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-benh,
> it has complete support for UniNorth AGP on r128. (the M3 you have in
> your Pismo is an r128). Beware however that accelerated GL via DRI
> is known to crash with this chip for reasons not yet determined.
>
> I've sent my current patches to the DRI mailing list, I can't say
> yet when all this will appear upstream as some merging has to be
> done with other archs using the "special" agp_ioremap. I will submit
> the AGP part of the patch directly to linus/marcello once I'm in sync
> with DRI people, there's no need to send it until something can use it ;)
>
> Ben.
>
>


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