Re: Dual head on G4 Powerbook 400MHz
David Stanaway <david@stanaway.net> wrote:
Hi,
>> There was a patch for the 2.4 kernel, but it doesn't work on 2.6. On
>> 2.4, you could also replace the prom_init.c file with the one from
>> 2.4.20 and that would allow you to use m3mirror to enable the crt
>> output.
>
> I have had a look at the differences, and the only things I can see are
> some POWER4 additions, and improving the process for opening the
> displays in check_display.
The POWER4 parts are just noise in our case; what broke the mirroring
is the changes made to check_display, where each available display is
opened. (as said in private mail already)
> Would a hack workaround be to change the sorting of display nodes so
> that the CRT is opened first?
I don't think so, but I'm no expert.
> I haven't looked through the aty128fb driver yet, but what is involved
> in fixing up dualhead there?
There's no support at all currently, only a gross hack to set up a
basic mirroring between the 2 heads. BenH told me that looking at the
XFree86 radeon driver might help to get something done on the M3.
JB.
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