On Sonntag 07 Juni 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Sonntag 07 Juni 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >> Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote:
> >>> Good Day;
> >>>
> >>> ati-drivers fails to emerge; foolowed the somewhat out of date doc's
> >>> online.
> >>
> >> There doesn't exist a Catalyst for Linux release yet that support kernel
> >> 2.6.29.  Even if you install the latest version (9.5), it won't work.
> >
> > it works with a patch.
> >
> > everything you need can be found in bugzilla.
>
> The patch results in the driver issuing a warning about "kernel data
> malformed/corrupted" (something like that, but sounds pretty serious) at
> a rate of about a dozen per second (check with dmesg).  After a few
> hours, it locks up.  Also, the log files grow out of proportions due to
> the warning flood.

a) depends on your settings
b) the warning seems to harmless because
c) I have uptimes of days with that driver without problems.

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