Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Oct 1998 10:17:26 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: Diamond Monster 3D PCI problems |
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> Alright, I found that CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT option in 2.1.22. Turns out it > was turned on but so was the option to use the PCI BIOS so it was probably > being used instead. I shut that off, recompiled, now when it boots it > gets to the part where it says Probing PCI hardware, and the computer > beeps 6 times and locks up with what looks like the top half of the > characters '16' at the top of the screen. > > Now this leads me to suspect the PCI BIOS even more, because this also > happens if I mess with the CMOS settings enough, instead of rebooting that > exact same thing (the beeps and the half of a '16') happens. Something > similar happens if I reboot Linux after having run and shutdown XFree86 > (the screen shuts off but it's the same beep pattern). What causes > that I don't know but it looks like CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT won't be an option > for me. > > I'll keep playing around with the PCI settings on the 2.1.x series (and > snag the latest patches while I'm at it), but if anyone has any ideas, > they'd be much appreciated.
Please compile the kernel with both BIOS and direct access and send me bootup kernel messages for "pci=bios", "pci=conf1" and "pci=conf2" set from the kernel command line.
Thanks -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth "DOS never says "EXCELLENT command or filename"..."
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