Re: Support for Radeon Mobility 9000 in 2.6

James Simmons <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.fbdev.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Instead of modules can you buiold everything into your kernel and let me 
know if you still have a problem.


On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Michael Guntsche wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have been running 2.4.2* with radeonfb on my Radeon Mobility 9000 on
> an Acer TravelMate 800LCi without a problem.
> But after switching to 2.6 the framebuffer no longer works.
> 
> 	* The driver in vanilla 2.6 gives me distorted output.
> 	* The driver from Ben's tree (penguinppc rsync) gives me distorted
>           output too.
> 	* James latest fbdev.diff gives no output at all. (Only the backlight
>           stays on)
> 
> Here is part of the syslog after inserting the module (patched with
> fbdev.diff).
> 
> modprobe radeonfb:
> 
> 
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb_pci_register BEGIN
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: probed DDR SGRAM 65536k
> videoram
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: Invalid ROM signature 0
> should be 0xaa55
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: Used default PLL infos
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: Reference=27.00 MHz
> (RefDiv=67) Memory=166.00 Mhz, System=166.00 MHz
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: Starting monitor auto detection...
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: Non-DDC laptop panel detected
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: Monitor 1 type LCD found
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: Monitor 2 type no found
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: Guessing panel info...
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: Asssuming panel size 1400x1050
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: Power Management enabled for Mobility chipsets
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb: ATI Radeon Lf  DDR SGRAM 64 MB
> Jan  6 10:43:21 localhost kernel: radeonfb_pci_register END
> 
> modprobe fbcon:
> The screen blanks afterwards, but the machine still runs.
> 
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: hStart = 664, hEnd = 760, hTotal = 800
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: vStart = 409, vEnd = 411, vTotal = 450
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: h_total_disp = 0x4f0063^I  hsync_strt_wid = 0x8c0292
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: v_total_disp = 0x18f01c1^I vsync_strt_wid = 0x820198
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: pixclock = 39729
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: freq = 2517
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: post div = 0x8                        
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: fb_div = 0x1f4
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: ppll_div_3 = 0x301f4 
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: lvds_gen_cntl: 003dffa5               
> Jan  6 13:11:00 localhost kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x25
> 
> Can someone tell me if radeonfb in 2.6 should work with my card right
> now, or if this is a known problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Michael Guntsche 
> 
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