From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:50:02 -0400 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Lou Langholtz Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: controlfb.c bug in VRAM bank2 check if bank1 Message-ID: <19991012105001.A698@drow.res.cmu.edu> References: <199909101833.UAA17210@piglet.cpu.lu> <3802D9FE.1C166944@chpc.utah.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <3802D9FE.1C166944@chpc.utah.edu>; from Lou Langholtz on Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 12:49:34AM -0600 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Could you check whether that kernel has the patch I posted to this list last month applied? The patch was in Message-ID: <19990912141014.A17732@them.org>. On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 12:49:34AM -0600, Lou Langholtz wrote: > > Michel Lanners wrote: > > > On 10 Sep, this message from Lou Langholtz echoed through cyberspace: > > > After getting an extra 2MB VRAM for my PowerMac7500 and seeing that only > > > 2MB were still being recognized (despite having just added the 2MB to > > > total to 4MB VRAM), I dug into the controlfb.c code from 2.2.11 and > > > 2.2.12 and made the following changes to get all 4MB VRAM recognized: > > . . . > > > > I guess it's time to clear thgis up once and for all. By the way, I do > > have 4 MB of VRAM, and all of it is detected with the current version > > of controlfb..... > > Update: > > Even with 2.2.13pre15, the stock controlfb.c still doesn't detect the > 4MB VRAM in my 7500 (I just tried it). I have to hack controlfb.c to get it > to use all 4MB. This is perhaps a bug specific only to the PowerMac 7500/100 > as others have reported that all VRAM was detected on their PowerMac's > without making any changes like I've had to do. > > > Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | dan@debian.org | | dmj+@andrew.cmu.edu | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/