On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 10:46 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * Michel Dänzer [100406 19:15 +0200] > > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 18:59 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > [...] > > > > I dislike initrd images. I tried to compile radeon and drm directly > > > in the kernel with the result of black screen booting.... > > > > Most likely you forgot to build in the firmware as well. I've been using > > KMS this way ever since I fixed it to work on my PowerBook. > > I tried that with no success: Selecting RADEON_DRM=y sets > Selects: FB_CFB_FILLRECT [=m] && FB_CFB_COPYAREA [=m] && > FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT [=m] && FW_LOADER [=y] && DRM_KMS_HELPER [=y] && > DRM_TTM [=m] automagic and I dont know how to configure the modules > as compiled in?
I find it easiest to remove any lines I want to change from .config and run make oldconfig. FWIW I have all of the above set to y in my .config. > I've put R300_cp.bin in EXTRA_FIRMWARE and > EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=firmware/radeon [...] IIRC I had problems with CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE, so I'm using CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y. YMMV. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
