From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: small radeon frame buffer issues Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:17:51 +1000 Message-ID: <1113175071.9517.514.camel@gaston> References: <200504101159.36819.post@hendrik-sattler.de> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net 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 1DKlif-00081Y-2O for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:19:57 -0700 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.41) id 1DKlie-0006zi-IH for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:19:56 -0700 Received: from gaston (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j3ANFegJ028470 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:15:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200504101159.36819.post@hendrik-sattler.de> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 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: Linux Fbdev development list > I tried with > video=radeonfb:1024x768-24@60 > and this resulted in no framebuffer console at all. 24bpp is a common setting > for X and in my opinion, the driver should just do the right thing with the > request (e.g. map it 32bpp if necessary). > Or at least you could print a kernel message in the default case that the > selected bpp value is not supported. Hrm... Is this the "old" or "new" radeonfb ? Also does it actually work if you just replace 24 with 32 on the kernel command line ? > 3. > radeonfb is mentioned in no file in Documentation/fb/. This lets one guess on > how to use it. Please add radeonfb to the supported list in > Documentation/fb/modedb.txt > > Thanks. > > Hendrik Sattler > -- Benjamin Herrenschmidt ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click