Re: Regression with Radeon Mobility TI PB & kernel 2.6.15.4

[Adam Done <emlists@gmail.com>]

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>>What I am seeing is it takes longer to draw the screen in X when switching ttys
>>and when it is redrawing the screen it looks like it is starting with 6 bit colors.
> 
> 
> It's normal that switches and other operations that retore mode &
> palette take more time, due to a workaround for a nasty bug that affect
> all M6 models according to ATI. However, it should work, even if it does
> funny effects. It's my understanding that for those other people, it
> doesn't work.
> 

I take it then due to the ATI MM6 bug in the newer kernels and this result being
the work around, that this will be considered the norm now with the redrawing
and updating of the screen being build layer by layer and taking longer to draw
than what it used to be?

-Adam