Messages in this thread | | | From | "Tom Eastep" <> | Subject | Re: Next round of console patches | Date | Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:39:46 -0700 |
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>Gerd Knorr writes: >> [ lockup with vesafb + mtrr + Millennium 2MB ] >> >> > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xa0800000, mapped to 0xc8800000, size 2048k >> >> Ok, size is correct. Base address probably too, otherwise you >> would'nt see anything... >> >> Richard, any idea what is wrong there? vesafb will try to create a >> mtrr entry for the framebuffer: base=0xa0800000, 2 MB size. This >> locks the machine (which can be "fixed" by disabling mtrr in .config). > >Sorry, I haven't been following this thread. At what point does the >machine lock up? Is it as soon as the MTRR region is setup, or later >(such as when you do graphics operations or change video modes)? >
It appears that the lockup occurs when the video mode is changed during bootup).
-Tom
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