Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759614AbXFRAGx (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:06:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753805AbXFRAGq (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:06:46 -0400 Received: from viefep18-int.chello.at ([213.46.255.22]:55017 "EHLO viefep15-int.chello.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753715AbXFRAGp (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:06:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:06:43 +0200 From: Carlo Wood To: Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eric@anholt.net, zhenyu.z.wang@intel.com Subject: Re: [AGPGART] intel_agp: use table for device probe Message-ID: <20070618000643.GA1375@alinoe.com> Mail-Followup-To: Carlo Wood , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eric@anholt.net, zhenyu.z.wang@intel.com References: <20070613162925.GG3875@redhat.com> <20070614011506.GA30566@alinoe.com> <20070617162235.GA5486@alinoe.com> <20070617190714.GA18115@redhat.com> <20070617195901.GA5689@alinoe.com> <20070617204904.GB3430@redhat.com> <20070617211338.GA24771@alinoe.com> <20070617213355.GC3430@redhat.com> <20070617223649.GA31587@alinoe.com> <20070617224918.GC12483@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070617224918.GC12483@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2324 Lines: 57 On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:49:18PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > ok, then you must have CONFIG_AGP=y I do - not voluntary however. For some mysterious reason I am unable to set it to n or m. I am also not able to set CONFIG_AGP_INTEL to n, only to y or m. (using make 'menuconfig' for example). > > $ find /lib/modules -name 'agpgart.ko' > > $ /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64 -name '*agp*.ko' > > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/sis-agp.ko > > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko > > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/via-agp.ko > > > > 2) > > > > $ strings /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko | grep 'agpgart: Detected an Intel' > > <6>agpgart: Detected an Intel %s Chipset. > > > > Hence, in the case that the kernel works, intel-agp is loaded > > WITHOUT printing this Detected line > > That doesn't make much sense. The hardware doesn't change between > a working & not-working kernel, and somehow the PCI probing fails. > Hmm, do you have CONFIG_EDAC set ? CONFIG_EDAC=m $ lsmod | grep edac $ > There's an outstanding bug (well, lack of feature) , where it claims > the PCI device before AGP gets a chance to. > This is unrelated to your hang however, but would at least explain > the inconsistent probing. > > > Perhaps my "solution" is to remove this module completely? > > I don't seem to need it. > > It's needed only for 3d, Nope - I just played UT2004 without problems, and without intel-agp loaded. > but it'd be good to figure out why its so > broken on your system, even if you don't need it. Please tell me what to do / try. I'm an experienced coder - but I never really played with the kernel before - so you'll have to spell out how to turn on debugging etc. -- Carlo Wood - 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/