Re: 2.6.0-test8-mm1 [matroxfb not working]

[Jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>]

From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:49:53PM +0200
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 09:05:39PM +1000, Peter Lieverdink wrote:
> > Re the new framebuffer code, it appears to not work on matroxfb.
> > On bootup the console gets as far as:
> > 
> > ...
> > found SMP MP-table at 000f4db0
> > hm, page 000f4000 reserved twice.
> > 
> > And then it stops, whereas normally the framebuffer would kick in with a pengiun and continue booting.
> > I boot the kernel with "video=matroxfb:vesa:0x192". When I disable it with "video=matroxfb:off" the system
> > boots fine.
> > 
> 2.6.0-test8-mm1 won't start with matroxfb for me either.
> I have
> video=matroxfb:vesa:0x1BB
> This works with 2.6.0-test8, I get two nice penguins.
> With mm1 all I get is lilo printing loading linux...
> and then everything stops.  There isn't even a mode switch,
> and no fsck on startup after using reset.
> 
Same here:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-260test8mm1 root=/dev/md3 video=matroxfb:xres:1600,yres:1360,depth:16,pixclock:4116,left:304,right:64,upper:46,lower:1,hslen:192,vslen:3,fv:90,hwcursor=off hdd=scsi atkbd_softrepeat=1

hangs even before the modeswitch.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 82)

(it's a G450, 32 Mb, AGP).

CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONTS=y
CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=y
CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y

Jurriaan
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