[parisc-linux] Re: PA-RISC 0.9.3+C200+Visualize-EG+2.4.18-pa05 = working X!

[Arjen Hommersom]

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, M. Grabert wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Grant Grundler wrote:
> 
> > John wrote:
> > > I wanted to share the good news that Grant's recent patch to "entry.S"
> > ...
> > > Thanks Grant!
> >
> > That's great news!
> >
> > But Thomas Bogendoerf should get most of the credit for figuring
> > out the problem and fix. I just implemented what he said.
> >
> > BTW, I've modified the patch a bit (removed an un-needed depdi)
> > and it's still not committed yet. I'd like to let Thomas
> > commit it himself since he really did the hard part.
> 
> I also downloaded and patched a 2.4.18-pa5 kernel with it,
> (just a simple conflict with the kernel version number in
>  the Makefile appeared, easy to solve).
> 
> It works on my C240 with a FX2 card. Well, it now recognizes
> the gfx card at startup and it seems to initialize it, but since
> I currently don't have a proper monitor, I can't tell you whether
> gfx is working or not :-/
> (BTW, I use the serial console on the C240, connected to a FreeBSD
>  notebook)
> At least the C240 is still running, so the patch doesn't do a harm ;)

It doesnt crash my C240 either, but unfortunately no fb is working. I
guess this doesn't work for the FX2 graphics cards..

Arjen Hommersom