From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: radeonfb_pci_register video memory clear? Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:56:52 -0500 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1088006211.1854.147.camel@gaston> References: <40D3A2E1.2060100@undead.cc> <20040619192744.GA3979@dreamland.darkstar.lan> <40D4980F.3000401@undead.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BdAEQ-0004ZE-9z for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:04:14 -0700 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30) id 1BdAEP-000261-TS for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:04:14 -0700 In-Reply-To: <40D4980F.3000401@undead.cc> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: John Zielinski Cc: Kronos , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 14:46, John Zielinski wrote: > Kronos wrote: > > >AFAIK without that radeonfb will display the content of the memory as > >random garbage. > > > > > I does fix it but the side effects I listed make it a bad idea, > especially the fact that the radeonfb driver doesn't own the memory > yet. Tony has posted a proper fix for the problem so whoever put this > in, please remove it. Provided Tony fix gets upstream instead of beeing lost for 6 more monthes in the fbdev tree ... Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com