Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: nforce2 and agpgart | From | "Carl D. Blake" <> | Date | 26 Dec 2002 11:55:46 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 16:59, Jeff Nguyen wrote: > Carl, > > Are you using the onboard IDE controller for your hard disk? > If so, please check to see if DMA is enabled or not. > > Jeff >
I am using the onboard IDE controller and DMA is enabled.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl D. Blake" <carl@boeckeler.com> > To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:40 PM > Subject: Re: nforce2 and agpgart > > > > On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 14:16, Bongani Hlope wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 20:50, Carl D. Blake wrote: > > > > I'm having trouble getting agpgart support to work with an nforce2 > > > > chipset. Is this supported on any kernels? I'm running a Redhat 7.1 > > > > system with Redhat's 2.4.9-21 kernel. > > > > > > Try to use a newer kernel from Redhat, because that kernel was around > > > looong before nforce was released. IIRC support for nforce2 was added > > > around 2.4.19 > > > > > > > I just upgraded to the 2.4.18 kernel provided by Redhat and it didn't > > make any difference. The message I get in dmesg is: > > > > Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann > > agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M > > agpgart: unsupported bridge > > agpgart: no supported devices found. > > > > You suggested trying 2.4.19, so I downloaded kernel 2.4.20 from > > kernel.org and compared its agp code (drivers/char/agp) with the code in > > 2.4.18. There are a few differences - such as supporting AMD 8151 - but > > nothing that indicates improved support for agpgart on the nforce2 > > chipset. The changelog for 2.4.20 indicated some added support for the > > nforce2 chipset, but that seems to be support for the audio and network > > portions of the chipset, not agp. I was able to incorporate the audio > > changes manually for kernel 2.4.18 by using Nvidia's patches, but I > > can't get agp to work. > > > > Any other suggestions? Thanks for your help. > > > -- > > > For future reference - don't anybody else try to send patches as vi > > > scripts, please. Yes, it's manly, but let's face it, so is > > > bungee-jumping with the cord tied to your testicles. > > > > > > -- Linus > > -- > > Carl D. Blake > > Director of Engineering > > Boeckeler Instruments, Inc. > > 4650 S. Butterfield Dr. > > Tucson, AZ 85714 > > > > Phone: 520-745-0001 > > FAX: 520-745-0004 > > email: carl@boeckeler.com > > > > .com > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Carl D. Blake Director of Engineering Boeckeler Instruments, Inc. 4650 S. Butterfield Dr. Tucson, AZ 85714
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