Re: @Linus, Marcello, (Alan?) (regards sisfb)

[bert hubert]

On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 06:02:11PM +0100, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:
> 
> Hi again.
> 
> I just finished an update for the new sisfb driver which is available
> here:
> 
> http://members.aon.at/~twinisch/sisfb_src_251201.tar.gz

Works for me! Thanks! 

On a Gericom Webgine Laptop:
Linux version 2.5.0 (ahu@snapcount) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease)) #2 Wed Dec 26 12:31:08 CET 2001
Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=sis ro root=301 video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16
(...)
SiS ROM signature = 55 ffffffaa 60 ffffffe9 5f  2 32 2e 30 32 2e 31 (U*_B2.02.1)
sisfb: Assuming BIOS at 0xc00c0000 and copied to RAM (Sig: 55 aa 60)
sisfb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xd001c000, size 8192k
sisfb: MMIO at 0xdfee0000, mapped to 0xd081d000, size 128k
sisfb: LVDS bridge and CHRONTEL TV converter detected
sisfb: mode is 1024x768x16 (60Hz), linelength=2048
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
fb0: SIS 630 frame buffer device, Version 1.3.09

> The update was necessary for making sisfb co-operate better with the new
> X driver.

Will test that next.

Regards,

bert

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