Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:54:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Athlon Processors Message-ID: <20010906205346.I18481-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20010906180929.EEF6D1F75@solfertje.student.utwente.nl>
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On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Alban Hertroys wrote:
> On 31 Aug, Chris BeHanna wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Paul A. Howes wrote:
>
> > Only problem is with the XFree86 4.x Radeon QD driver on boards
> > that have the AMD 761 ("Irongate") chipset as the North Bridge. X
> > doesn't work correctly on those boards.
>
> I have a QD and an AMD 761, and I got it to work quite well after
> applying the following (got this through a bug tracker kind of thing at
> either xfree86 or DRI, don't remember which one):
> ---
> You have to comment out the register RADEON_SOFT_RESET_HDP in
> /xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/radeon_accel.c in
> and for DRI in
> /xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel/radeon_cp.c
> (with the | before the register)
> ---
>
> The last bit only applies to Linux.
> The statement is a bit confusing in it's meaning, but basically
> commenting out the two occurences of said register (including the
> preceding '|', of course) is what 'they' mean to say. I have seen more
> reports of happy people after doing so.
Yes, I've been happy for a few days now since applying this patch.
It's a bit more jumping through hoops to get DRI working. I hope to
try that next week.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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