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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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