Current status on Voodoo3 support?

Current status on Voodoo3 support?

[William H. Schultz]

Hello all.

I was just wondering where I can find information on the status of
Voodoo3 support.  I noticed with my latest rsync of the 2.4.x kernel
that DRI support finally compiles--but the voodoo3 module still doesn't
compile.  Having no experience at all in coding drivers, is there
anything I can do to help out?


Hank

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Re: Current status on Voodoo3 support?

[phandel]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, William H. Schultz wrote:

> I was just wondering where I can find information on the status of
> Voodoo3 support.  I noticed with my latest rsync of the 2.4.x kernel
> that DRI support finally compiles--but the voodoo3 module still doesn't
> compile.  Having no experience at all in coding drivers, is there
> anything I can do to help out?

For now, I'd recommend using the 2.4.x driver (tdfxfb.c) in 2.2.
I've put together a patch that should apply cleanly to the 2.2.1{6,7}
kernels, and it is located here:

http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~phandel/linux/patch/

Download and apply the Config.in, Makefile.in, and fbmem.c patches.  If
you have a 2.3.x or 2.4.x tdfxfb.c, you can patch it with the
tdfx_tdfxfb.c.diff patch, or else just grab the already-patched tdfxfb.c
and put it in linux/drivers/video.


Thanks,
Peter

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current status of kernel devel vs. stable ..

[Ramprasad Rao]

Maybe Cort/Paul/Ben or other kernelppc developers can answer this.

What happens to the current stable sources 2.2 when 2.4 comes out.
Are the changes made to the 2.2 series merged into the 2.4. I've been
very happy with the current stable tree (vanilla + prepatch + usb
backport). However in order to get some really cutting edge USB
stuff I;ve had to get the bk-devel tree (currently 2.4.0-test5). This has
built fine and even boots OK. There are a couple of small problems:

1. Occasionally my mouse freezes in X. The only way to get it back
seems to change to a different VT and back.

2. Overall the system feels somewhat sluggish when running gnome. I have
lots of memory 160 MB and was wondering what was going on.

Thanks - Ram

PS: I have an iMac 333 MHz with 10 MB RAM and upgraded hard disk.


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