On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Andrew Lyon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Jerome Glisse <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 08:42:19AM +0000, Andrew Lyon wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Running X server 1.6.3.901 with Radeon x1950 and xf86-video-ati-6.12.4 >>> on kernel 2.6.31 the driver is reporting that only 256mb ram is >>> accessible because that is the pci bar setting: >>> >>> (II) RADEON(0): Generation 2 PCI interface, using max accessible memory >>> (II) RADEON(0): Detected total video RAM=524288K, accessible=262144K >>> (PCI BAR=262144K) >>> (--) RADEON(0): Mapped VideoRAM: 262144 kByte (256 bit DDR SDRAM) >>> >>> >>> How can I use all 512mb? >>> >>> Full X log: >>> >> We don't support yet using full vram. Anyway i don't think we have >> driver than can take advantage of all the memory so using 256M or >> 512M shouldn't impact your use for the time being. >> >> This issue is being worked on in KMS world. >> >> Cheers, >> Jerome >> > > I tried to get kms working with xf86-video-ati and acceleration, > according to the log X started ok but no output was displayed, a > sudden burst of kernel errors were logged and a few seconds after > starting X the system locked up. >
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