Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] why does radeonfb work fine in 2.6, but not in 2.4.29-pre1?

From: Jurriaan
Date: Mon Nov 29 2004 - 15:29:58 EST


From: Jurriaan <thunder7@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 07:46:06PM +0100
> The same radeonfb-setup works fine in every 2.6 kernel I can remember
> (last tested with 2.6.10-rc2-mm3) but give the dreaded 'cannot map FB'
> in 2.4.29-pre1.
>
> The card has 128 Mb of ram, and my system has 3 Mb of RAM.

I mean 3 Gb, of course. Sorry about that. This means I got high memory.

I'd love to know what difference 2.4 and 2.6 have in this regard.

Jurriaan
--
The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.
Linus Torvalds
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