Re: radeonfb almost there.. but not quite! :)

[Arnd Bergmann]

Alessandro Suardi wrote:

> 
> Radeonfb works better for me in 2.5.58, same card but on a
>   Dell Latitude C640 - 1024x768 though, and xclk=16600.
> 
> I say "better" and not simply "works" because
> 
>   - the gpm cursor positioned on characters shows different ones
>      (eg. hovering on a 'd' it shows a highlighted 'B')
This works for me.

>   - the pre-penguin display is garbage. The console though gets
>      to recover right after the penguin display
Same here. I see the same garbage when switching resolutions 
with fbset.

I also have a small problem when switching to and from X. Most of 
the time everything is fine, but sometimes it is unreadable and
I have to switch back and forth again.

This is on an IBM Thinkpad A30p with 1600x1200 local display.
radeonfb_pci_register BEGIN
radeonfb: ref_clk=2700, ref_div=60, xclk=16600 from BIOS
radeonfb: probed DDR SGRAM 32768k videoram
radeon_get_moninfo: bios 4 scratch = 1000004
radeonfb: panel ID string: 1600x1200
radeonfb: detected DFP panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200
radeonfb: ATI Radeon M6 LY DDR SGRAM 32 MB
radeonfb: DVI port LCD monitor connected
radeonfb: CRT port no monitor connected
radeonfb_pci_register END