Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote:
> > Renaud Dreyer wrote:
> > > Frame buffer device information:
> > > Name : ATY Rage128
> > > Address : 0x84000000
> > > Size : 16777216
> > > Type : PACKED PIXELS
> > > Visual : DIRECTCOLOR
> > > XPanStep : 8
> > > YPanStep : 1
> > > YWrapStep : 0
> > > LineLength : 5120
> > > MMIO Address: 0x80800000
> > > MMIO Size : 8191
> > > Accelerator : Unknown (32)
> > >
> > > Is the "Accelerator: Uknown (32)" a sign of problems?
> >
> > Indeed.
> >
> > > maybe there's no acceleration at 32 bit?
> >
> > Possible. Have you tried other depths? As the console has only 16 colors
> > anyway, there's no point in running it at more than 8 bpp...
>
> I'll try that next, but I know someone on a B&W G3 (with Rage128)
> who gets accelerated console and the same
> " Accelerator : Unknown (32)", but at lower than 32 bit.
The `32' has nothing to do with the color depth, see include/linux/fb.h:
#define FB_ACCEL_ATI_RAGE128 32 /* ATI Rage128 family */
Fbset just doesn't recognize the ATI Rage128 yet.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
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