Re: rivafb + NV17

On Saturday 13 November 2004 04:54, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> On Saturday 13 November 2004 03:55, David Liontooth wrote:
> > Hi Tony,
> >
> > Thank you for the hints and suggestions.
> >
> > >>I'm also wondering if it's possible to tell the rivafb module to use
> > >>the right mode when loading -- at the moment it loads into 640x480
> > >>and then I use fbset to change it to 1280x854. Here's the first
> > >>entry in my /etc/fb.modes:
> > >
> > >Currently, no.  You have to add your modeline into the kernel's
> > >modeline table which is located in drivers/video/modedb.c (unless
> > >your mode is already present).
> >
> > I added these lines:
> >
> >  {
> >         /* 1280x854 @ 85 Hz, 47.58 kHz hsync */
> >         NULL, 85, 1280, 854, 11723, 240, 16, 31, 0, 256, 7,
> >         FB_SYNC_HOR_HIGH_ACT|FB_SYNC_VERT_HIGH_ACT,
> > FB_VMODE_NONINTERLACED },

Ah, you already inserted the entry into the correct database. 

rivafb as a module will not accept modeline options, but you should be able
to boot with:

video=rivafb:1280x854@85;

Tony




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