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Date:      Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:52:38 -0000
From:      Peter Edwards <peadar@freebsd.org>
To:        Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci agp_intel.c
Message-ID:  <38CD2ADA.10302@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <40533EC8.5060001@freebsd.org>
References:  <200403131606.i2DG6Wgp068417@repoman.freebsd.org> <40533EC8.5060001@freebsd.org>

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Scott Long wrote:

> Peter Edwards wrote:
>
>> peadar      2004/03/13 08:06:32 PST
>>
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/pci              agp_intel.c   Log:
>>   Recognise the 82845G AGP bridge, and poke it appropriately at
>>   attach/detach time.
>>     Assigning the default behaviour to this particular device is
>>   incorrect, corrupting the video BIOS aperture, and breaking
>>   VESA support in the kernel and XFree86.
>>     Reviewed By:    dfr
>>   MFC after:      1 week
>>   PR:             kern/62906
>>     Revision  Changes    Path
>>   1.20      +5 -0      src/sys/pci/agp_intel.c
>>
>
> Cool!  Would this also be the reason for X not being able to get DDC
> information?

I can't be sure. The symptom for me running with the X drivers was that 
the server would just hang on startup, leaving syscons a bit confused 
when you remotely killed it: You just have a big block bytes with value 
0xFF where half your VESA bios was, so I suppose anything is possible :-)

>
> Scott
>



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