Re: Confused about atyfb status.

[Alexander Kern <alex.kern@gmx.de>]

Am Samstag, 17. Januar 2004 07:38 schrieb Jon Smirl:
> There is a fairly advanced one here: http://www.saftware.de/
> but I don't know it's current status.
>
> --- Richard Smith <rsmith@bitworks.com> wrote:
> > I'm trying to use the atyfb on a Rage Mobility M1 but I'm confused on
> > which source tree has the best chance of getting to work.
> >
> > Grepping through both the 2.4.24 and 2.6.1rc3 tree I find that the
> > 2.4.24 tree has several references to a mobility M1 in the comments.
> >
> > The 2.6.1rc3 tree does not.
> >
> > Neither tree however has an entry for my device.  Neither will detect my
> > device which has an id of 0x4c52.
> >
> > If I copy one of the "3D RAGE Mobility" id lines and change the clocks
> > to what I think they should be the device gets detected but various
> > specifications (like ammount and type of RAM) are incorrect.
> >
> > So if I am about to start hacking on a tree to figure out whats wrong
> > what tree should I use?  Where is the most advanced tree for the atyfb
> > located?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Richard A. Smith
> > rsmith@bitworks.com

Mach64 MOBILITY M1 works by me for ages. I submitted all patches to James for 
months. They are in fbdev.diff.gz. But I dont think, they will be merged with 
vanilla very soon.

Regards
Alex Kern



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