Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261783AbUK2U2C (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:28:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261784AbUK2U2B (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:28:01 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.22]:14094 "EHLO smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261783AbUK2U1k (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:27:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:27:35 +0100 From: Jurriaan To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] why does radeonfb work fine in 2.6, but not in 2.4.29-pre1? Message-ID: <20041129202735.GA20940@middle.of.nowhere> Reply-To: Jurriaan References: <20041128184606.GA2537@middle.of.nowhere> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041128184606.GA2537@middle.of.nowhere> X-Message-Flag: Still using Outlook? As you can see, it has some errors. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 872 Lines: 22 From: Jurriaan 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 Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.10-rc2-mm3 2x6078 bogomips load load 0.31 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/