On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:32:02PM -0400, John Clemens wrote:
> 
> Alan, Egbert,
> 
> I'm a little concerned about this part of the patch...
> 
> 
> +    } else if (pTrident->Chipset == CYBERBLADEXP) {
> +           pScrn->videoRam = 8192;
> +    } else if (pTrident->Chipset == CYBERBLADEXPm) {
> +           pScrn->videoRam = 16384;
>      } else {
>         OUTB(vgaIOBase + 4, SPR);
> 
> My HP N5430 has a CyberBladeXP in it, and it works with both chipset
> "cyberbladeXP" (this is how it's detected) and chipset "cyberbladeXPm".
> If i specify XPm, then it detects by 1024x768 flatpanel (XP doesn't).
> Also, I've had reports of people who say that thier laptop (same
> model) only works if they specify XPm.  So I'm assuming I have an XPm.
> However, my video card has 8MB of external SGRAM (non SMA chipset).  So
> why are we hardcoding the ram on 16Megs on the XPm?  Or is this just a
> hint...
> 
Your not looking closely enough. There is another change that sets
the IsCyber flag for the XP and XPm. Without this flag then the code
doesn't assume a connected LCD.

> Also, what's the current status with Trident.. have they pulled their head
> out of their arses yet?
> 
No.

Alan.
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