Bug#453937: hangs when probing (with x86emu on amd64) a radeonhd card
On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 19:41 +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
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> I did a bit more testing. The result is that on either i386 or amd64,
> ddcprobe hangs if run whenever X is running (but not otherwise).
>
> Sounds like a firmware thread-safety bug. If you ask me, not sure what was
> all that big fuss about AMD allowing free drivers if these have to rely on
> propietary firmware. oh well...
The drivers don't have to rely on the firmware, thanks to the non-NDA
specs.
Also, I'm not sure this really means it's a firmware issue - maybe the X
server just holds some resource (e.g. the card ROM, as a guess) that
ddcprobe needs to run?
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