From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mike Subject: Re: cirrusfb not working? Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:11:26 +0100 Message-ID: <8259f0250901161011t24eb0351l6b39739f0a20179@mail.gmail.com> References: <49706C81.7000905@agn.forthnet.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:20052 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936647AbZAPSL3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:11:29 -0500 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so874495fgg.17 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:11:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49706C81.7000905@agn.forthnet.gr> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-m68k-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org To: Emmanouel Vasilakis Cc: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org Try cirrusfb:640x480 or something Default video modes ------------------- At the moment, there are two kernel command line arguments supported: mode:640x480 mode:800x600 or mode:1024x768 Full support for startup video modes (modedb) will be integrated soon. 2009/1/16 Emmanouel Vasilakis : > Hi, > > I was trying a few days ago to boot a recent 2.6 kernel on my Amiga 3000. > > From what I found online, in order to get a framebuffer display from my > Picasso IV, I needed to use the cirrusfb driver to the kernel which replaced > the older clgen driver (In latest 2.6 kernels). > > I tried stuff like: > > amiboot -k vmlinuz video=cirrusfb: > > No matter what I append to the video parameter, I can never get a display > from the graphics card, it always comes up from the native ECS. Kernel > messages say that a cirrusfb supported card was found. I was then told that > cirrusfb does not work as expected, so any information on that? > > What eventually worked somehow, was: video=amifb:off, which produced a > display from the Picasso, but was full of garbage. > > Thanks, > Emmanuel > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >