Re: call for testers - switching ofppc to xorg X11

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Moin,

On Dec 4, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Frank Wille wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:38:59 +1100
> matthew green <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> i got around to testing this myself.  i have a problem with X - 
>> configure
>> doesn't work because it tries to enable IO access via xf86EnableIO()
>> and the PCI_MAGIC_IO_RANGE code (ppc_video.c) but the
>> screxf86Info.screenFd is set to -1 so it doesn't work:
>>
>> [   333.725] (WW) xf86EnableIO -1
>> [   333.725] (II) xf86EnableIO: ffffffff
>> [   333.726] (WW) Can't map IO space!

screenFd should be a handle to ttyE0, used earlier to  
ioctl(WSDISPLAYIO_SMODE, WSDISPLAYIO_MODE_MAPPED) and such. In doubt  
do what macppc does.

>> [   333.728] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for wsfb
>>
>> but the old probe method doesn't do anything.

That would cause more trouble than anything else since there is no way  
to tell if whatever wsfb wants to use has already been claimed by  
another driver via PCI or whatever.

> I doubt that he reads port-ofppc. I have put him into CC.

Indeed I don't ;)

have fun
Michael

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