Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932412AbVL1AbF (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:31:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932413AbVL1AbF (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:31:05 -0500 Received: from mtl.rackplans.net ([65.39.167.249]:3749 "HELO innerfire.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932412AbVL1AbE (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:31:04 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:31:00 -0500 (EST) From: Gerhard Mack To: Martin Drab cc: Alistair John Strachan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ati X300 support? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200512270149.24440.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <200512271545.31224.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2239 Lines: 51 On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Martin Drab wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:20:42 +0100 (CET) > From: Martin Drab > To: Gerhard Mack > Cc: Alistair John Strachan , > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: ati X300 support? > > On Tue, 27 Dec 2005, Gerhard Mack wrote: > > > I have it working in X.org with no problem. I just can't get the drm > > module working in the kernel. Last time I tried to just add my PCI ids > > the problem was a lack of PCIE support in the drm drivers. > > > > FYI the fglrx drivers suck badly. ATI hasn't bothered to keep their > > drivers up to date at all and the result is that they finally have > > working 2.6.14 drivers but only for 32 bit machines. x86_64 is still > > broken on any recent kernel and it's been that way for months. ATI's tech > > support basically gave up after several days and just informed me it > > wasn't really supported and there is nothing they could do for me. > > I don't want to defend ATI here or anything, but I use the 64-bit fglrx > 8.19.10 with 2.6.15-rc5 and it works (except for the minor patch for > 2.6.15-rc2-git3 and later that we came out with with Hugh Dickins and that > was sent to the list not long ago). > > The problem with PCIe is, that IMHO they do not activate the acceleration > unless an AGP is detected (at least that's what it sounds to me like). If > there is PCIe, there is no AGP, though AGP is not detected, and > acceleration is not enabled. I think it may be as simple as that. I was > reporting this to ATI a while ago. I haven't tried the new fglrx 8.20.8 > yet, but if they read the reports at all, then there's a good chance that > this may be fixed there already. Where is this patch? does it re add the obsolete interfaces dropped by the kernel? On my system it won't even compile. Gerhard -- Gerhard Mack gmack@innerfire.net <>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing. - 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/