Re: radeonfb, dedicate memory to something else

2008-07-22 Thread Jon Smirl
On 7/22/08, Matt Sealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 09:31 +0100, Matt Sealey wrote: > > > > > or other graphics drivers can be told "please only use the first 32MB" > and > > > then either manually or automatically, map the rest as ramdisk. > > > >

Re: radeonfb, dedicate memory to something else

2008-07-22 Thread Matt Sealey
Michel Dänzer wrote: On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 09:31 +0100, Matt Sealey wrote: or other graphics drivers can be told "please only use the first 32MB" and then either manually or automatically, map the rest as ramdisk. You can limit the amount of video RAM used by X using the VideoRam directive in

Re: radeonfb, dedicate memory to something else

2008-07-22 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 09:31 +0100, Matt Sealey wrote: > Jon Smirl wrote: > > On 7/20/08, Matt Sealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> I know this isn't a PPC question, but since some of the RadeonFB > >> developers > >> live here I thought best (and it's about a PPC platform).

Re: radeonfb, dedicate memory to something else

2008-07-22 Thread Matt Sealey
Jon Smirl wrote: On 7/20/08, Matt Sealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi guys, I know this isn't a PPC question, but since some of the RadeonFB developers live here I thought best (and it's about a PPC platform). Is there any way to hack up the RadeonFB driver - or anything related - to rese

Re: radeonfb, dedicate memory to something else

2008-07-21 Thread Jon Smirl
On 7/20/08, Matt Sealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I know this isn't a PPC question, but since some of the RadeonFB developers > live here I thought best (and it's about a PPC platform). > > Is there any way to hack up the RadeonFB driver - or anything related - to > reserve port

radeonfb, dedicate memory to something else

2008-07-20 Thread Matt Sealey
Hi guys, I know this isn't a PPC question, but since some of the RadeonFB developers live here I thought best (and it's about a PPC platform). Is there any way to hack up the RadeonFB driver - or anything related - to reserve portions of the memory for a "fake" MTD or so, and still use the Radeo