Bug#426961: xserver-xorg-core: PCI bus scan failures on ppc64 (IBM power4)

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

forcemerge 388329 426961
thank you


Richard A Nelson wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> Version: 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-5
> Severity: important
>
> After getting Linux going on these Power4 (7029-6E3) boxes, I was just about
> to roll out a dozen images (for starters) when I hit a big problem:
>
> lspci -vvv
> 0001:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA
> G400/G450 (rev 85) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>         Subsystem: IBM Unknown device 0233
>
> lspci -vvvn
> 0001:02:00.0 0300: 102b:0525 (rev 85) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>         Subsystem: 1014:0233
>
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (II) MGA: driver for Matrox chipsets: mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w,
>         mga2164w AGP, mgag100, mgag100 PCI, mgag200, mgag200 PCI,
>         mgag200 SE A PCI, mgag200 SE B PCI, mgag400, mgag550
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:01:0
> (EE) No devices detected.
>
> Xorg -scanpci
> Probing for PCI devices (Bus:Device:Function)
>   

It looks like another PCI domain related problem. The PCI code is being
reworked upstream, but it is not clear when it will be ready.

Did you ever get Xorg to work on this box?

Brice