Re: 2.6.16-rc3 + Xorg 6.9.0 - works for me...

[Woody Suwalski <woodys@xandros.com>]

Russell King wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 02:38:34PM -0400, Woody Suwalski wrote:
>> I just upgraded my Netwinder from 2.4.27 to 2.6.15 and the framebuffer
>> no longer works.  Console works but when I start X.org I first get a
>> corrupted screen and a little bit later the whole machine hangs.
>> There's no panic or any information on the serial console.
>> <<<
>>
>> This problem appears only on Cyber2010 chips (Netwinders with Cyber2000 
>> work OK)
>>
>> The crash issue on 2010 can be solved by disabling burst mode on the 
>> Cyberpro 2010 (graphic register 0x30, EXT_BUS_CTL_PCIBURST_WRITE=0). It 
>> is enabled in the kernel driver by default now.
> 
> Exactly the same code exists in the 2.4.21-rmk kernel (just diff'd the
> two drivers), so I don't understand why hasn't the problem been reported
> against 2.4 kernels.

Yes, but the problem may be caused by faster/slower/smarter... driving 
of PCI bus e.t.c... It just happens to trigger now the right noise level...

> 
>> Martin, Russell,
>> Can you verify if the current 2.6.1x kernel + X 6.9 works OK on SHARK 
>> machine??? I do not have any of them here to test...
> 
> I don't have Shark hardware either.
> 
Well, maybe Martin or Wookey can find one...

Woody

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