Re: XFree86 and ATI accel.
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Igor Falcomata' wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > (**) FBDev: Using default frame buffer video mode
> > > > (--) FBDev: Frame buffer device: OFfb ATY,RageLT
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > (--) FBDev: Video memory: 1536K @ 0x82800800
> > > > (--) FBDev: MMIO regs: 0K @ (nil)
> > > > (--) FBDev: Type 0 type_aux 0 bits_per_pixel 16
> > > > (--) FBDev: Hardware accelerator: None
> > > > (--) FBDev: No driver support for hardware acceleration
> >
> > Sure it's unaccelerated: Igor is using offb. To get acceleration, he must use
> > atyfb instead.
>
> sorry for my lameness, but I had a video=atyfb parameter in BootX and
> Mach64 support in the kernel, but not for virtual frame buffer - I had
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What do you mean with `not for virtual frame buffer'?
> strange crash at boot time when I use a self-compiled 2.2.9 kernel (I
> should try to enable/disable various driver/modules to find the problem,
> but I don't have the time yet).
>
> Should I enable virtual frame buffer support for Mach64 to use
CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL? No, it's meant for testing only.
> XF86_FBDev accellerated? Or just I should give parameter in XF86Config
> and/or BootX and/or fbset ? (I'm really new to Mac hardware :)
You must use atyfb to get acceleration on ATI Mach64.
Greetings,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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