On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 10:09 +0000, STEVEN WARD wrote: > Dear Ben, > I would like to test the "firmware" for you,but where > do I exactly put them into? Ah sorry, I should've been clearer about that. Make sure you're running the latest nouveau DRM (from either nouveau git, or latest linux git) and the driver will look for the firmware in /usr/lib/firmware/nouveau.
Ben. > Regards, > STEVE555 > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:14:10 +1000 > > Subject: [Nouveau] [TEST REQUEST] nv40 "firmware" replacement > > > > So, I've spent the last few days messing around with replacing our > use > > of NVIDIA's context programs on GeForce 6/7 hardware and have > something > > that works on the 4 (2xNV44, NV46, NV4B) cards I have. > > > > The context programs are *much* less complex than NVIDIA's and don't > > handle nearly everything NVIDIA's do, however they do work for our > > needs, and it's as good a starting point as any. > > > > I've attached the currently generated "firmware" in the same binary > > format we packages NVIDIA's in. If people with the relevant hardware > > could install them, and report success/failure and the chipset they > > tested on (the whole "Detected an NVxx generation card" line from > > nouveau's dmesg output would be perfect), that'd be great! > > > > I'm now working on moving the code that generated the firmware in > the > > below tarball to the DRM, and after some testing before I do! > > > > Ben. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email > accounts. Find out how. _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
