2010/1/4 John R. Dunning <[email protected]>: > From: Alex Deucher <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:11:08 -0500 > > > I'm not sure if this sequence will cause any problems on PC laptops or > not, I suppose it depends on the oem, so I've made the patch > mac-specific for now. If the attached patch works for you, I'll go > ahead and commit it. > > It seems to work so far. I still have other issues with this machine, > but with one exception, I don't think they're due to this driver. > > FWIW, the code I altered is a fairly direct crib from the radeon_fb > driver in the kernel. See, for instance, > linux-2.6.31/src/drivers/video/aty.c, circa line 1020. That's pretty > clearly doing the same sort of thing I patched in the xf86-video-ati > driver, even has similar comments about asic bugs. That code is not > conditional.
Right, but the current code in the xorg driver has been there for years and works as well for most systems, so I don't want to break anything. Most of the code in radeonfb came from xf86-video-ati originally. > > If you want to commit it, that's probably a step to the good. I have > one other wacky thing that happens to the screen "every once in a > while", if I track that down and it turns out to be in this driver, > I'll send another patch. > Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
