From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jimmy Jazz Subject: Re: radeonfb doesn't work with an ati X800 pcie card Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:04:33 +0200 Message-ID: <461F47A1.5030606@gmx.net> References: <46093D22.3090401@gmx.net> <461BD18E.5020706@gmx.net> <461CD1F7.40004@gmx.net> <1176329514.8061.106.camel@localhost.localdomain> Reply-To: Jimmy.Jazz@gmx.net, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HcHhy-0007K0-Hm for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:04:42 -0700 Received: from ip-62-241-114-101.evc.net ([62.241.114.101] helo=snowman.cryosphere.shacknet.nu) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1HcHhx-0003pW-RU for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:04:42 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1176329514.8061.106.camel@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Benjamin Herrenschmidt a =E9crit : > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 14:17 +0200, Jimmy Jazz wrote: >> Hello, >> >> i sent it without care and i forgot to add some diff files you will have = >> to apply to radeonfb.h, ati_ids.h and radeon_base.c with both = >> radeon_accel.c and radeon_monitor.c patches. Otherwise, you won't be = >> able to compile the kernel anymore. Sorry for the inconvenient. >> >> Thank you all of you who contributed to these patches, the initiator of = >> the radeonfb driver and of course the Xorg team who made ATI cards = >> compatible with the xorg server. > = > There are already patches from Solomon for Atom BIOSes. > = > I admit that I never found the time to fully cleanup, split, test, > etc... those along with other fixes I have in my queue. I could use a > co-maintainer for radeonfb... > = > Ben. Hello Ben, I would be happy to help you to improve ATI framebuffer driver but really i have few knowlegdes about videocards. I followed the logic of the program and compared it to the xorg version. Besides, it is sad that xorg and kernel teams didn't follow the same code writing conventions. Also, i tried to stay as near as possible with the original kernel version without increasing the size of the binary code. Moreover, i'm a bit lost about the notion of connectors and how they share s-video, dvi and vga and why we need to invert them sometimes :). Really, it is hardly explained and there is too much exceptions thru the source code that make it difficult to understand what is a dirty hack and what is not. Perhaps, i could bypass many difficulties just because my bios card is "well programmed". Jj PS: I don't know if tables are used exclusively by laptops or if they have atom bios too, so i didn't try to include code about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=3Djoin.php&p=3Dsourceforge&CID=3DDE= VDEV