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From: DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net>
Subject: Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:04:41 +0100
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To: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>
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    Hi James :)

 * James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org> dixit:
> >     From time to time, the tdfxfb driver from 2.6.19.5 (sorry, I ca=
nnot
> > test in 2.6.20.x because it doesn't compile, the infamous BDF negat=
ive
> > offset problem) garbles the display, leaving only a lot of thin lin=
es,
> > just like sync was lost. The display can be repaired by switching t=
o
> > another console, but this is annoying. This happens with a Voodoo 3
> > 3000, using 800x600x8@100 mode.
> >=20
> >     Anyone has this problem? Can it be solved changing anything?
>=20
> Does not compile? Can you post the compile error. For my setup it doe=
s=20
> compile.=20

    I think I didn't explain it well: the tdfxfb driver compiles, but
the *kernel* doesn't. At link time the linker warns about a negative
offset being used and building stops. The driver itself builds perfectl=
y
as far as I can tell.

    Ra=FAl N=FA=F1ez de Arenas Coronado

--=20
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