From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264505AbUAVPv1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:51:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264566AbUAVPv1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:51:27 -0500 Received: from delerium.codemonkey.org.uk ([81.187.208.145]:11424 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264505AbUAVPv0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:51:26 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:50:16 +0000 From: Dave Jones To: Julien Oster Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: parhelia doesn't work anymore with 2.6.1 Message-ID: <20040122155016.GA18361@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Julien Oster , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040122152137.GA1138@frodo.midearth.frodoid.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040122152137.GA1138@frodo.midearth.frodoid.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:21:37PM +0100, Julien Oster wrote: > I know the Matrox Parhelia kernel driver ist partly a binary only > driver, but I am not explicitly asking for support on that driver. actually, you are. agpgart works fine with free drivers. > My question is: what has changed in AGP code or similar between 2.4.24 > and 2.6.1 that can make my Parhelia unusable? 'lots'. seriously, they're worlds apart. they're not the same driver any more. in fact in 2.6, agpgart is multiple drivers. Trying to use a 2.4 module on 2.6 is going to cause you pain. lots of pain. Dave