On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 05:47:16PM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > is much like the 5530 but without Xv. If I can get 5520 VSA1 working in
> > > geode then I can make the cyrix driver just a biosfree driver for the
> > > older/weirder end of the universe.
> > 
> > Well, it'd be even nicer to deprecate the cyrix driver in favour
> > of the geode driver if you can bring across the 5510/5520 changes.
> 
> The Geode driver is depending on SoftVGA, on the 5510 thats a really
> bad idea, on the 5520 its dubious at best. I'll have a play once I can
> get it not to die on the spot.
 
O.k.

> > The durango code may even help you as this is NS's own library to
> > access the hardware.
> 
> Tested the geode driver as of current CVS - it crashes my hardware
> dead with a blank screen and so hard it needs a power cycle to get it back.
> Looks like it explodes during the mode switch.

Send along any patches you make, but I've tested the geode driver
on at least 4 platforms here and it works (3 5530 systems and one SC1200).

Alan.
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