Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-07 Thread Bruce Dubbs
ga ho wrote: > What I am asking is, are there 64 bit versions of the LFS6.6 packages > that need to be used or will using a 64 bit OS on a 64 bit machine > automatically build a 64 bit LFS6.6 using all the LFS6.6 source > packages as is? 1. Trim your posts. 2. This is answered in the book, ht

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-07 Thread ga ho
> Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:38:56 +1100 > From: Duncan Baynes > Subject: Radeon DRM > To: LFS Developers Mailinglist > Message-ID: <4b90d130.5050...@operand.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > He

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-06 Thread ga ho
Message: 1 Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:38:56 +1100 From: Duncan Baynes Subject: Radeon DRM To: LFS Developers Mailinglist Message-ID: <4b90d130.5050...@operand.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hello, Just built a 64bit lfs 6.6, everything went sm

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-06 Thread Martin Ward
On 06/03/10 00:11, Andrew Benton wrote: > On 05/03/10 23:32, Martin Ward wrote: > >> its a bug in udev, if relevant firmware is missing it hangs for about 60 >> secs trying to load the missing module, two ways to fix this >> >> either grab the missing firm ware from >> http://people.freedesktop

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Andrew Benton
On 05/03/10 23:32, Martin Ward wrote: > its a bug in udev, if relevant firmware is missing it hangs for about 60 > secs trying to load the missing module, two ways to fix this > > either grab the missing firm ware from > http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/ > That page has 2 pieces of

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Andrew Benton
On 05/03/10 20:59, Duncan Baynes wrote: > There is a 60 second timeout period where the kernel strives to locate the > firmware... so far the only way I could get rid of this delay was to use > initrd... I see. Strange, as the firmware is built into the kernel. I get the same delay if I compile i

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Martin Ward
On 05/03/10 20:59, Duncan Baynes wrote: > On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:29:44 +, Andrew Benton > wrote: > >> On 05/03/10 11:33, Duncan Baynes wrote: >> >>> I couldn't get the kernel to find the firmware so early in the boot >>> sequence without using initrd, however I'll have another run at

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Duncan Baynes
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:29:44 +, Andrew Benton wrote: > On 05/03/10 11:33, Duncan Baynes wrote: >> I couldn't get the kernel to find the firmware so early in the boot >> sequence without using initrd, however I'll have another run at getting >> it >> working sans initrd if you think that will w

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On 05/03/10 09:38, Duncan Baynes wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Just built a 64bit lfs 6.6, everything went smoothly, excellent work as >> always! >> >> I've been playing around with the 2.6.33 kernel including the new radeon >> driver. >> >> The resu

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Andrew Benton
On 05/03/10 11:33, Duncan Baynes wrote: > I couldn't get the kernel to find the firmware so early in the boot > sequence without using initrd, however I'll have another run at getting it > working sans initrd if you think that will work. > Another option I've tried (which also hung the system if ke

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Andrew Benton
On 05/03/10 11:36, Duncan Baynes wrote: > > Also, I'm using the attached firmware > My hd4870 uses the radeon/RV770_pfp.bin and RV770_me.bin that comes with the kernel source. Where did you get this R700_rlc.bin and how do I get the kernel to use it? Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Duncan Baynes
> > > This code support the following hardware : R1XX,R2XX,R3XX,R4XX,R5XX > > (radeon up to X1950). Works is underway to provide support for R6XX, > > R7XX and newer hardware (radeon from HD2XXX to HD4XXX). > > I live in hope > > Andy Also, I'm using the attached firmware R700_rlc.bin Desc

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Duncan Baynes
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:24:29 +, Andrew Benton wrote: > On 05/03/10 09:38, Duncan Baynes wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Just built a 64bit lfs 6.6, everything went smoothly, excellent work as >> always! >> >> I've been playing around with the 2.6.33 kernel including the new radeon >> driver. >> >> The

Re: Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Andrew Benton
On 05/03/10 09:38, Duncan Baynes wrote: > Hello, > > Just built a 64bit lfs 6.6, everything went smoothly, excellent work as > always! > > I've been playing around with the 2.6.33 kernel including the new radeon > driver. > > The results are pretty awesome. I now have a high resolution console > th

Radeon DRM

2010-03-05 Thread Duncan Baynes
Hello, Just built a 64bit lfs 6.6, everything went smoothly, excellent work as always! I've been playing around with the 2.6.33 kernel including the new radeon driver. The results are pretty awesome. I now have a high resolution console that is a pleasure to use. I was thinking it might be a