Re: CLGEN and VGAFB problems

James Simmons (jsimmons@edgeglobal.com)
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:42:34 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Erik McKee wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> I just upgraded to 2.3.33 and startede experiencing problems with teh
> above mentioned frambuffer drivers. The vgafb worked fine in 2.2.14.
> Now, neither of the work. They both complain about having problems
> getting the vga memory area.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks for you time,
> Erik

This is because teh clgen and vga buffer use the same memory region. The
first driver to grab the region owns it so when the second attempts to
access the resource it can't since its already owned by someone else. We
are working on a fix for this.

James Simmons (o_
fbdev/gfx developer (o_ (o_ //\
http://www.linux-fbdev.org (/)_ (/)_ V_/_
http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net

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