From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kronos Subject: Re: tdfx & multiple voodoo cards : supposed to work ? Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:25:44 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20031029202544.GA8953@dreamland.darkstar.lan> References: <20031029093653.GA4626@iliana> <20031029182532.GA1662@dreamland.darkstar.lan> <20031029195627.GA13626@iliana> Reply-To: kronos@kronoz.cjb.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 1AEwt9-0006qT-00 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:25:55 -0800 Received: from mail-8.tiscali.it ([195.130.225.154]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AEwt9-0000gt-Eb for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:25:55 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031029195627.GA13626@iliana> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Sven Luther Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Il Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 08:56:27PM +0100, Sven Luther ha scritto: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 07:25:32PM +0100, Kronos wrote: > > Il Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 10:36:53AM +0100, Sven Luther ha scritto: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have had a report of someone trying to use two voodoo cards on a > > > pegasos/ppc motherboard, and it freezing the kernel (2.4.22 kernel) > > > > > > Is the tdfx fbdev supposed to be able to handle dual card setups, or not ? > > > > No, the driver has a statically allocated fb_info. It will blow up. > > Ok, thought so, i am not sure though. BTW, looking at 2.6 it seems that the driver will work with multiple cards. Static vars have been removed so this problem is solved. I'm not sure that the driver itself can handle more than one card though. Give it a try. Luca -- Reply-To: kronos@kronoz.cjb.net Home: http://kronoz.cjb.net "New processes are created by other processes, just like new humans. New humans are created by other humans, of course, not by processes." -- Unix System Administration Handbook ------------------------------------------------------- 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/