On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 02:57, Ingo Juergensmann wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 02:50:33AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Downloaded your 2.6.4 patch for peg2, applied, compiled, rebooted... works > > > so far... > > Cool. > > Indeed... Desktop at 1600x1200 is far more snappier with preemptible patch > than with 2.4.25 kernel... ;))
Beware that preempt is known to be broken on PPC; you'll get random segfaults once swap is being used. > > > One thing that doesn't seem to work anymore is passing a higher resolution > > > for the fb console. video=radeon:1600x1200 nor lower resolutions work. > > Yes, noticed that also, will have a look. > > > Dunno if this has something to do with compiling agpgart as a module > > > instead > > > of statically into the kernel... > > No, it has no influence. The new radeonfb implementation is probably the > > culprit. > > Ah, so I might try a recompile tomorrow with the old radeon driver... I doubt it'll make a difference. The framebuffer console parameters have changed in 2.6. In particular, all framebuffer devices now take the 'fb' suffix. Try video=radeonfb:1600x1200 . -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
