Re: 2.6.4 kernel
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 01:47:55PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 02:57, Ingo Juergensmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 02:50:33AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> >
> > > > Downloaded your 2.6.4 patch for peg2, applied, compiled, rebooted... works
> > > > so far...
> > > Cool.
> >
> > Indeed... Desktop at 1600x1200 is far more snappier with preemptible patch
> > than with 2.4.25 kernel... ;))
>
> Beware that preempt is known to be broken on PPC; you'll get random
> segfaults once swap is being used.
Yeah :) It is also not recomended on x86, as it breaks drivers which
don't like to be preempted, like AC 97 sound and serial for example.
> > > > One thing that doesn't seem to work anymore is passing a higher resolution
> > > > for the fb console. video=radeon:1600x1200 nor lower resolutions work.
> > > Yes, noticed that also, will have a look.
> > > > Dunno if this has something to do with compiling agpgart as a module instead
> > > > of statically into the kernel...
> > > No, it has no influence. The new radeonfb implementation is probably the
> > > culprit.
> >
> > Ah, so I might try a recompile tomorrow with the old radeon driver...
>
> I doubt it'll make a difference. The framebuffer console parameters have
> changed in 2.6. In particular, all framebuffer devices now take the 'fb'
> suffix. Try video=radeonfb:1600x1200 .
And benh told me there was no such change when i asked him about that.
Oh, well, thanks for the info, i suspected something such, but hadn't
had time to look in detail about it though.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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