Re: the continuing adventures of XFree86 4.0.1
"Christian T. Steigies" wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 04:29:12PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > "Christian T. Steigies" wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:52:39PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > > Looked at xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/bus yet?
> > > Only so much as to use "generic" pci code for m68k as well. I need to
> > > know where the pcidata module is defined.
> >
> > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/scanpci ?
> It fails after/during:
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
> On my i386 box:
> (II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
> comes later, so its not scanpci?
locate or find shows that libpcidata.a is indeed built in the scanpci
directory.
> > > Shouldnt it be enough to just jet it return silently? There is nothing
> > > to scan here,
> >
> > What about the m68k machines that do have PCI?
> Mine hasn't, somebody with a m68k/pci machine (if they exist at all?) can do
> that. Actually, I did not get _any_ feedback from debian-68k users on these
> packages. What shall I do, buy me all sorts of m68k machines to test it
> myself?
No, of course not. But be prepared for those you ignore to cry up sooner or
later. :)
> > The code is the best documentation ;)
> _This_ code is hughe... I am not going to read it completely...
The modules are rather self contained.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and the DRI project
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