From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: Re: Framebuffer console not working with matroxfb on 2.6 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:21:50 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200409171921.50273.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <3B9599C3EB4@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> <20040917085131.GQ18257@uvt316-2.ruk.cuni.cz> 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 1C8Gnw-0003xT-Qw for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:21:28 -0700 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C8Gnw-0001EN-7F for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:21:28 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 892198553C3 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:21:14 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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, Geert Uytterhoeven On Friday 17 September 2004 17:53, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek wrote: > > However, I still get a minor problem with the driver. > > When I switch between the default 640x480-60 mode and 1024x768-85 mode > > the 1024x768 gets interlaced, with completely different timings. I have > > to use fbset to restore it to 1024x768-85. > > I think this is a `feature' of the new mode selection code. When I tried > booting my Radeon with `1024x768@100', I got 87 Hz interlaced... > Michal's problem is more of a failure to preserve the per-display var, which should be fixed with recent mm or rc kernels. Yours is more of boot mode selection problem and most drivers use fb_find_mode() for that. The default modedb does not have 1024x768@100 non-interlaced, so it passed the interlaced version to the driver, which it happily accepted. Thus, you get the interlaced version. Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php