Re: 2.6.10 dies when X uses PCI radeon 9200 SE, further binary search result

[Dave Airlie]

> 
> 
> After sorting out a stupid build problem, here is the result for
> the binary search for the crash.
> 2.6.9         crash
> 2.6.9-rc2     pci-oom
> 2.6.9-rc3     crash
> 2.6.9-rc2-bk7 crash
> 2.6.9-rc2-bk4 crash
> 2.6.9-rc2-bk2 pci-oom
> 2.6.9-rc2-bk3 krash in ifconfig
> 
> Up to 2.6.9-rc2-bk2 we don't get a crash, instead the X log shows this:
> 
> (EE) RADEON(0): [pci] Out of memory (-1007)
> 
> and gives up on drm in an orderly fashion.
> 2.6.9-rc2-bk4 crashes though.  As usual, the X log ends with:
> (II) LoadModule: "int10"
> (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
> (II) RADEON(0): initializing int10
> (**) RADEON(0): Option "InitPrimary" "on"
> (II) Truncating PCI BIOS Length to 53248
> 
> 2.6.9-rc2-bk3 wasn't tested further, because the kernel dies upon
> running "ifconfig" which must be some other temporary bug.
> X will probably be difficult without IPv4 anyway.
> 

Just another guess, but Jon could the PCI ROM patch mess up X's access
via the Int10 handler .. maybe if it isn't mapped properly..?

Dave.
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