Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:25:14 -0600 | From | Jim Ramsay <> | Subject | Re: Atyfb questions and issues |
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On 8/12/05, yhlu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> wrote: > I played a while with atyfb in LinuxBIOS. move the xl_init.c into LinuxBIOS. > > there is one patch call xlinit.c that can be used even ati fb is not > inited in BIOS to make kernel still can use atyfb. > > I wonder if James put that in mainstream, he already sent one patch > for 2.6.5.... > > please refer to > http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2004-May/007734.html
It appears to me that this patch is in the 2.6.11 from linux-mips.org that I am presently using.
> I guess the mips fw already execute the ati option rom via x86 emulator...
Maybe his mips FW does this, but mine doesn't. Any tips on how I can do this in software?
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