Hello, On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 14:24 -0700, Stan Johnson wrote: > On my PowerMac G5, I had to replace a failed Radeon card with a low-end > Nvidia card, and I was no longer able to test Debian powerpc64 kernels > because the kernel was missing the needed CONFIG options: > > *** Aug 31, 2023 kernel (doesn't work on my G5) *** > > $ fgrep -i nvidia config-6.4.0-4-powerpc64 > CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_NVIDIA=y > # CONFIG_I2C_NVIDIA_GPU is not set > # NVidia media platform drivers > > *** Dec 22, 2023 (also doesn't work) *** > > $ fgrep -i nvidia config-6.6.8-powerpc64 > CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_NVIDIA=y > # CONFIG_I2C_NVIDIA_GPU is not set > # NVidia media platform drivers > # CONFIG_HID_NVIDIA_SHIELD is not set > > Compiling a custom kernel with the following CONFIG options works: > > $ fgrep -i nvidia config-6.5.1-ppc64 > # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_NVIDIA is not set > # CONFIG_I2C_NVIDIA_GPU is not set > CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=y > CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_I2C=y > # CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_DEBUG is not set > CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT=y > > $ dmesg | grep -i nvidia > [ 0.264634] nvidiafb: Device ID: 10de0321 > [ 0.264666] nvidiafb 0000:f0:10.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console > [ 0.285134] nvidiafb: CRTC0 analog not found > [ 0.309133] nvidiafb: CRTC1 analog found > [ 1.153130] nvidiafb: EDID found from BUS2 > [ 1.153154] nvidiafb: CRTC 1 appears to have a CRT attached > [ 1.153162] nvidiafb: Using CRT on CRTC 1 > [ 1.157999] nvidiafb: PCI nVidia NV32 framebuffer (64MB @ 0x98000000)
That's the obsolete framebuffer driver though and not the nouveau DRM driver. I'm not sure how long framebuffer drivers will be continue to be available in the kernel, as far as I know they're slated for removal. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
