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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Permedia2 fb on PPC
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Date: 05 Dec 2001 23:52:29 +0100
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>>>>> "Michel" == Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch> writes:

Michel> Why is this needed?

Because it simply crashes the system without it ;-).

This prevent the driver from using a non-existant (at least on the
board I own) big endian aperture for registers.

Michel> And does it work with the XFree86 glint driver with Option
Michel> "UseFBDev"?

Don't know yet. _Now_ that I have a console (thanks to this patch),
I'll have a look at the X11 thingy.

Regards,

        M.
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