From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: Dell D600: teaching radeonfb how to wake up... Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:30:45 +1100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1069637444.703.114.camel@gaston> References: <20031119180119.GB22307@tate.loria.fr> <20031120111315.GB432@openzaurus.ucw.cz> <1069370504.705.32.camel@gaston> <20031120234708.GA431@elf.ucw.cz> <1069374272.723.44.camel@gaston> <20031121123239.GB9973@hell.org.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20031121123239.GB9973-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Karol Kozimor Cc: Pavel Machek , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 23:32, Karol Kozimor wrote: > Thus wrote Benjamin Herrenschmidt: > > My point is that he can probably NOT do the work, POSTing such a > > chip is hell. I'm trying to figure out how we are supposed to do, > > Then how is Xfree86 doing that? I'm not sure if it's the whole chip that > gets POSTed, or only the 3D engine, but something definitely is done at > VT switch for the radeon driver (note: DRM module must be at least 1.9.0 > and the XFree part must also be recent). > Best regards, It's the whole chip, and I think an XFree based solution isn't an option as the kernel own console would die on a non-POSTed chip before XFree has a chance to kick in anyway. Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/