From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [patch] [radeonfb] Radeon Mobility X700 (M26) and ATOM bios support Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:50:58 +1100 Message-ID: <1140677458.8264.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060103204404.GA23313@shaftnet.org> <1139952530.7903.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060222221916.GB17359@shaftnet.org> <20060223060939.GA27224@shaftnet.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FCAJe-00062c-Mc for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:51:06 -0800 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1FCAJd-00016M-GO for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:51:06 -0800 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1N6fcWG030897 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:41:39 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20060223060939.GA27224@shaftnet.org> 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-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > And to follow up to myself, here is a third patch. I've started > incorporating bits and pieces from the "oooold" non-working rewrite > that you sent me for inspiration. Changes from last patch: > > * Naming cleanups > * Merge the OpenFirmware PLL detection into the function pointer mess. > * Merge the oooold patch's legacy bios connector parsing code, As the > original stuff didn't really do anything anyway, I don't see the harm. > * Merge the ooold patch's atom bios connector parsing code, but it still > doesn't work yet. It's late and my eyes hurt. > > The good news is that I'm typing this using this patch on my Radeon > M26 (mmm.. 1680x1050!), but the bad news is that I don't know if the > legacy BIOS code works, especially the connector parsing stuff. > > Let me know if I'm going down the right path. The RadeonFB driver is > pretty complicated, so I'm trying to take baby steps as I figure more > of it out. >From your comments, you sound on the right track. I haven't had time to review the patches yet but I'll do asap, I'm very happy somebody is tackling those issues :) Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642