On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Ulrich Teichert wrote:

> [workaround patch for hang-on-exit on Geode hardware in
>  xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nsc/gfx/vga_gu1.c]

> > Well, that's fine, but my suggestion is only a workaround.  I don't have docs
> > for this chip, but it would be better to know what CRTC 0x33 is, what this code
> > is waiting for (0x80 isn't my idea of descriptive), and why the hardware isn't
> > turning off this bit.

> After a bit of googling, I've found the offical docs on the AMD website:

> http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/TechnicalResources/0,,50_2334_2496_9919,00.html

> You'll need a registration, but that's it. There's an AMD Geode SC1200/1201
> Processor Data Book with full description of the video registers. Now,
> if I'd only would understand why the code is poking around in reserved
> registers - but probably I just don't understand what's going on there
> or the video registers are mapped into another region.

OK, I'll have a look.  In the meantime, I've committed the change.

Thanks.

Marc.

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