There was a discussion about posting multiple radeon cards on the devel and xfree86 MLs just before 4.3.0 was released (feb 2003). Marc and Hui and several others were involved. If you can find the thread, it might help you out.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104305506000002&r=1&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104322187900001&r=1&w=2 There was also a discussion on [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject about radeon 7000, but I can't find any devel archives from february and mail-archive.com seems to be down. Alex --- Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm fixing the Radeon framebuffer driver to work > correctly when multiple video cards are installed. > > If the Radeon is the only card in the system there is > no problem. When framebuffer initializes it uses the > copy of the ROM down in low memory. > > When the Radeon is a secondary card there is no copy > of the ROM in low memory. The simple solution is to > enable the ROM on the card and use it. But that's the > problem. > > When I first boot I can enable the ROM and use it as > expected. But after I initialize the card the ROM > contents are replaced with something else (current > microcode maybe?). > > Can someone with the documentation please tell me if > there is anyway to get the ROM back after > initalization? This is the simplest solution that > avoids reworking the framebuffer code. > > > > ===== > Jon Smirl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites > including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
