Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
>
> This updated package will fix XFree86 running on the alpha (perhaps also
> other non-ix86 platforms --> just change the "%ifarch alpha" into
> "%ifnarch %ix86") with MGA hardware. Take a look at this e-mail from Jay
> Estabrook below.
>
> http://d10179.dtk.chello.nl/build/fixes/cooker/XFree86-4.0.2-2mdk.src.rpm
> http://d10179.dtk.chello.nl/build/fixes/cooker/XFree86-4.spec
> http://d10179.dtk.chello.nl/build/fixes/cooker/XFree86-4.spec.diff
> http://d10179.dtk.chello.nl/build/fixes/cooker/XFree86-4.spec.orig
>
> Can this fix please be included in the next release (the only thing
> touched was the .spec file)?
>
> Stefan
>
> ===
> Subject: Re: XFree-4.0.2 & mga & alpha
> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 10:22:46 -0500
> From: Jay Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> References: 1 , 2
>
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 10:49:41PM -0500, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
> >
> > > The alpha (miata) has a 4Mb Matrox Millienium II card in it... The
> > > problem probably lies in the mga_drv.o module (see the error messages
> > > below):
> > >
> > > Any idea's?
> >
> > Check to see if the modules are stripped. For some reason, I have had
> > nothing but problems when trying to use modules that are stripped on
> > Alpha. I haven't yet had time to see why this happens, but the
> > "unresolved symbol" problems go away if the modules are unstripped (at
> > least for the two cards that I've tried...s3virge and tdfx).
>
> Been there, done that... ;-}
>
> The problem is that the Matrox HAL was enabled by default at a very late
> date, and not tested on Alpha, if that's even possible. The HAL is,
> IIRC,
> a low-level library between the server and the card that Matrox wants to
> supply, and it may be in binary only at the moment, source later.
>
> So, IIRC, the patch for the build was to put:
>
> #define UseMatroxHal NO
>
> in the host.def file before starting the build.
>
> The only thing affected, again AFAIK, would be the mga_drv.o.
AFAIK, unless you are including the mgaHALlib for x86 builds, you need
to do this as well.
I haven't tried that yet, but I've been unable to get any available X
4.0.2 binaries to run on my dual P3 system.
John
