Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:45:00 -0700 | | From | Greg KH <> | | Subject | Re: via agp patches | |
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 01:45:35PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 10:41:13AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 10:47:15AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 05:32:50PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > > > > Looks like this adds a new device id, I have no idea why they remove
> > > > another one at the same time...> > > > > > I sent a patch adding the missing ident to airlied a few weeks back.
> > > I think it's currently in -mm.> > > > Great.> > > > > The removal of the other id is a mystery to me.> > > > Here's what I got back from Via about this:> > VT3336 is a chipset for AMD Athlon/K8 CPU. Due to K8's unique
> > architecture, the AGP resource and behavior are different from
> > the traditional AGP which resides only in chipset. AGP is used
> > by 3D driver which wasn't available for the VT3336 and VT3364
> > generation until now. Unfortunately, by testing, VT3364 works
> > but VT3336 doesn't. That is why the subtraction. I think other
> > options are leaving it in the AGP, but removing it from our DRI
> > driver. Or, just leave it in both but warn people for issues in
> > the release note.
> >
> >
> > So it sounds like it would be good to remove that id.> > Sounds plausible. This needs to go in the changelog.
I will put it there.
> A lot of their K8 chipsets were also used on P4 (I think they
> abstracted the architectural differences with V-Link), but
> if they claim this wasn't used on any of the P4 boards,
> I guess they would know better than us.
One would hope :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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