Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 7 Jan 2001 22:00:58 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mohammad A. Haque" <> | Subject | Re: Bug: Frame-buffer (icon) rotates right in 2.4.0 when SMP |
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when you use SMP there's suppOsed to be one icon that shows up for every CPU you have. 2 cpu = 2 icons, 4 cpu = 4 icon. That's what the for loop in fbcon_show_logo().
So this really isnt a bug, depending on how you look at it. It's definitely something the lpp author needs to account for.
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> When displaying a screen-wide icon in the frame buffer for the > graphics console: > > Linux version 2.4.0 > > Console Drivers > Video mode selection support > Support for frame buffer devices (EXPERMENTAL) > VESA VGA graphics console > > I found the right edge of the image to be displayed on the left edge > -- perhaps 8 pixels worth? > > I compiled for a pentium III, SMP on. I've a dual processor Pentium > III with a Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP video card. I > discovered this using the lpp-0.2.0 patch at http://lpp.freelords.org, > which displays a startup screen. > > Fix: turning SMP off fixed the problem. > > FYI: fbcon_show_logo() in drivers/video/fbcon.c seems to have a for > loop with an odd smp_num_cpus reference. >
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