From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John David Anglin Subject: Re: PCI video card hangs during system boot Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:04:47 -0400 Message-ID: <570D38BF.7040307@bell.net> References: <1587186.CtnrnCsSzp@caliban.sf-tec.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Cc: linux-parisc To: Rolf Eike Beer , Simone Mannori Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1587186.CtnrnCsSzp@caliban.sf-tec.de> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org On 2016-04-12 12:55 PM, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > Am Dienstag, 12. April 2016, 10:20:17 schrieb Simone Mannori: >> >Dear All, >> > >> >looking for a solution for a presistent issue (lack of any hardware >> >acceleration support for X11 because error during the loading of the >> >"radeon" or "nouveau" kernel module at boot time) I have bought a PCI >> >video card: ATI RADEON 9300 128M PCI. This test has been suggested by >> >many guys on several mailing list. >> > >> >NOTA BENE: make sure that the PCI video card is 3.3V type or is an >> >"universal" (3.3V and 5.0V) model like mine. >> > >> >I have put this video card leaving the ATI FireCL X1 installed; I have >> >removed the AGP video card; I have moved the PCI video card on >> >different positions. >> > >> >No matter what I do, the c8000 is unable to boot. >> > >> >Using the serial console, I have his message >> > >> > 0e000e7a00e00000 600601005d441002 CC_IODISC_PCI_DEVICE_CONFIG >> >pci_bus_walk line 2878 - bridge aperture too big > This probably means the PCI BAR of the card is too big, i.e. it has too much > RAM. Looks like the firmware can't handle that. I once had the same thing on a > C3600, IIRC with a 128MB BAR. Maybe pulling FireGL X1 will help: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-users/2015-February/000034.html Dave -- John David Anglin dave.anglin@bell.net