Re: parhelia doesn't work anymore with 2.6.1

From: Dave Jones
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 10:52:15 EST


On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:21:37PM +0100, Julien Oster wrote:

> I know the Matrox Parhelia kernel driver ist partly a binary only
> driver, but I am not explicitly asking for support on that driver.

actually, you are. agpgart works fine with free drivers.

> My question is: what has changed in AGP code or similar between 2.4.24
> and 2.6.1 that can make my Parhelia unusable?

'lots'. seriously, they're worlds apart. they're not the same driver any more.
in fact in 2.6, agpgart is multiple drivers.

Trying to use a 2.4 module on 2.6 is going to cause you pain. lots of pain.

Dave

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