Re: ATI FB driver entry

Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@geert.cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Sun, 27 Dec 1998 17:03:19 +0100 (MET)

On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Bryn Paul Arnold Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Stefan Laudat wrote:
>
> > I have encountered a small problem... when I compile my 2.1.132 with
> > ATI Mach64 fb support, I get a nice message at boot time, something about
> > "aty..:unknown chip" or smth like that. I have an ATI Xpert@work (3d rage
> > pro with 4 megs onboard). Did I do something wrong? Same problem with 2.1.131-acx.
> >
>
> Yes, I get that too:
> [...]
> Starting kswapd v 1.5
> atyfb: Unknown mach64 0xffff

This is a know problem with some boards. Unfortunately the reason is unknown.

> [...]
>
> lspci sais this about the card:
> 00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 210888GX [Mach64 GX] (rev 01)
> Flags: VGA palette snoop, stepping, medium devsel
> Memory at fe000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
^^^^^^^^
Is this a valid address? Or is it the remainder of an incomplete PCI
initialization by the BIOS?

> If anyone needs any more info, or want patches tested, just ask.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium






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