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From: Jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: why does radeonfb work fine in 2.6, but not in 2.4.29-pre1?
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:27:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041129202735.GA20940@middle.of.nowhere> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041128184606.GA2537@middle.of.nowhere>

From: Jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>
Date: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 07:46:06PM +0100
> The same radeonfb-setup works fine in every 2.6 kernel I can remember
> (last tested with 2.6.10-rc2-mm3) but give the dreaded 'cannot map FB'
> in 2.4.29-pre1.
> 
> The card has 128 Mb of ram, and my system has 3 Mb of RAM.

I mean 3 Gb, of course. Sorry about that. This means I got high memory.

I'd love to know what difference 2.4 and 2.6 have in this regard.

Jurriaan
-- 
The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.
	Linus Torvalds
Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.10-rc2-mm3 2x6078 bogomips load load 0.31


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  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-29 20:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-28 18:46 why does radeonfb work fine in 2.6, but not in 2.4.29-pre1? Jurriaan
2004-11-29 20:27 ` Jurriaan [this message]
2004-11-29 21:35 ` Kronos
2004-11-30  6:55   ` Jurriaan
2004-11-30 17:56     ` Kronos
2004-12-01 16:14 ` [PATCH 2.4.29-pre1] radeonfb: don't try to ioreamp the entire VRAM [was: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] why does radeonfb work fine in 2.6, but not in 2.4.29-pre1?] Kronos
2004-12-01 16:25   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-12-01 20:37     ` [PATCH 2.4.29-pre1] radeonfb: don't try to ioreamp the entire VRAM [was: " Kronos
2004-12-01 21:25       ` [PATCH 2.4.29-pre1] radeonfb: don't try to ioreamp the entire VRAM [was: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-12-02 15:28         ` Kronos
2004-12-02 15:39           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-12-02 15:53             ` [PATCH 2.4.29-pre1] radeonfb: don't try to ioreamp the entire VRAM [was: " Kronos
2004-12-02 12:43               ` [PATCH 2.4.29-pre1] radeonfb: don't try to ioreamp the entire VRAM [was: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Marcelo Tosatti
2004-12-01 21:50       ` [PATCH 2.4.29-pre1] radeonfb: don't try to ioreamp the entire VRAM [was: " Antonino A. Daplas

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