Re: XFree86 4.1.0: call for help
Anton Blanchard wrote:
> > - r128 doesn't work without UseFBDev at least on Pismos (I suspect all
> > UniNorth Macs) because we're now trying to do ISA I/O with the help of a
> > new system call, but the server crashes. It works fine on those machines
> > without it, so what would we lose by disabling it in r128 #ifdef
> > __powerpc__ ? Or what would be a better way to determine if it should be
> > used or not?
>
> What system call is this?
__NR_pciconfig_iobase
Another approach might be to make it only return an ioBase for known working
configurations, is that feasible?
> Do you know if the patch by davem to make X mmap("/proc/bus/pci/...") has
> made it into 4.1.0? It makes life a lot easier for people with non
> transparent PCI buses (at the moment I hardwire the offsets in for my
> RS6000s).
Possible, I see a number of PCI patches where he was involved, however they're
all for SPARC and I'm afraid it's too late to adapt it for PPC for 4.1.0 .
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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