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SubjectRe: [PATCH] atyfb: fix distorted image on PowerMacs
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 08:22:48PM +0200, Risto Suominen wrote:
> Since the complete re-write in 2.6.10, some PowerMacs (At least PowerMac 5500
> and PowerMac G3 Beige rev A) with ATI Mach64 chip have suffered from unstable
> columns in their framebuffer image. This seems to depend on a value (4) read
> from PLL_EXT_CNTL register, which leads to incorrect DSP config parameters to
> be written to the chip. This patch uses a value calculated by aty_init_pll_ct
> instead, as a starting point.

AFAICS it should be the right thing to do on other systems too. I have
a good collection of mach64 pci cards and laptops so I'll try to find
some time next week to test that theory on x86.

Also cc:ing fbdev-devel...

> Signed-off-by: Risto Suominen <Risto.Suominen@gmail.com>
> ---
> The testing is done on kernel version 2.6.18.
>
> --- a/drivers/video/aty/mach64_ct.c.org 2006-09-20 06:42:06.000000000 +0300
> +++ b/drivers/video/aty/mach64_ct.c 2009-01-22 14:28:13.000000000 +0200
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> #include <linux/delay.h>
> #include <asm/io.h>
> #include <video/mach64.h>
> +#include <asm/machdep.h>
> #include "atyfb.h"
>
> #undef DEBUG
> @@ -536,6 +537,14 @@ static int __init aty_init_pll_ct(const
> pll->ct.xclk_post_div_real = postdividers[xpost_div];
> pll->ct.mclk_fb_div = q * pll->ct.xclk_post_div_real / 8;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC
> + if (machine_is(powermac)) {
> + /* Override PLL_EXT_CNTL & 0x07. */
> + pll->ct.xclk_post_div = xpost_div;
> + pll->ct.xclk_ref_div = 1;
> + }
> +#endif
> +
> #ifdef DEBUG
> pllmclk = (1000000 * pll->ct.mclk_fb_mult * pll->ct.mclk_fb_div) /
> (par->ref_clk_per * pll->ct.pll_ref_div);

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