From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262689AbTDYByJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:54:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262563AbTDYByJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:54:09 -0400 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:38878 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262689AbTDYByH (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:54:07 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 03:05:36 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: "Hemmann, Volker Armin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Patch?] SiS 746 AGP-Support Message-ID: <20030425020530.GA18673@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , "Hemmann, Volker Armin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200304250224.50431.volker.hemmann@heim9.tu-clausthal.de> <20030425004003.GA12614@suse.de> <200304250302.26791.volker.hemmann@heim9.tu-clausthal.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304250302.26791.volker.hemmann@heim9.tu-clausthal.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 03:02:26AM +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > I have only a AGP 2 (geforce 4-mx) card, so I missed that(and with one I would > only to be able to say 'it doesn't work' so thanks for your explanation). But > without this changes I won't even able to use dga, because the first > dga-enabled app completely locks up my box. > And to have working AGP2 and non working APG3 looks a lot better for me than > no AGP-support at all. Sure, I wasn't objecting per'se to the patch, but people should be made aware it's not going to help them a tiny bit if they have an AGP3 card. It may just abort nicely, it may take down the machine in horrible ways depending on how well SiS handles reads/writes to disabled registers. Dave