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From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de>
Cc: rene@exactco.de, linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	Trevor Dickinson <rtd2@xtra.co.nz>,
	hypexed@yahoo.com.au, mad skateman <madskateman@gmail.com>,
	Christian Zigotzky <info@xenosoft.de>
Subject: Re: drm/mgag200: Fix big-endian support
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:57:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a2d102b6-033d-49c9-96a6-a9edda26b4bd@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8ff12e31-2677-c554-cc3d-1bade8138876@xenosoft.de>

Hi

Am 27.08.26 um 18:38 schrieb Christian Zigotzky:
> On 27/08/26 08:36, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Am 26.08.26 um 19:30 schrieb Christian Zigotzky:
>>> On 26 August 2026 at 05:23 pm, Thomas Zimmermann 
>>> <tzimmermann@suse.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Could be that we have to enable access to the ROM first. That's why 
>>> it returns only 0xffff. Does the card display output when you switch 
>>> on the computer?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>> - - -
>>>
>>> Hello Thomas,
>>>
>>> No, the card doesn’t display output when I switch on the computer.
>>
>> Attached you'll find another patch that also enables ROM access in 
>> the PCI config options.  I took the code out of the old matroxfb 
>> driver without further testing. Please try and report back on the 
>> results.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Thomas
>>
>
> Hello Thomas,
>
> Thank you for your effort to solve the problem. Unfortunately, your 
> new patch doesn't solve the problem either. The error outputs are the 
> same as before.

Oh well. I assume it's a ROM for x86?   I guess the PPC firmware doesn't 
POST the graphics card, so the driver has to.  The power-up logic is 
given in Sec 4.3.3 of the MGA200 spec.  But TBH I won't have the time to 
work on it.  At best, I can help a bit if someone wants to address the 
problem.

Best regards
Thomas

>
> Cheers,
> Christian
>

-- 
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)




  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-28  5:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-02 18:06 drm/mgag200: Fix big-endian support Christian Zigotzky
2026-08-26  7:17 ` Christian Zigotzky
2026-08-26  7:48 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-08-26  9:06 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-08-26 15:07   ` Christian Zigotzky
2026-08-26 15:22     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-08-26 17:30       ` Christian Zigotzky
2026-08-27  6:36         ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-08-27 16:38           ` Christian Zigotzky
2026-08-28  5:57             ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]
2026-08-28 10:19               ` Christian Zigotzky
2026-08-31  8:20                 ` Thomas Zimmermann

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