On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:31:32PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > I have two systems that are supposed to use KMS. One is working fine, > having an i915 graphics chip. On this system, i915.ko is copied into > the initramfs, and autoloaded if video=i915:modeset=1 is given on the > kernel command line.
This is incorrect, loading the driver from the initramfs is not supported. The module is loaded by udev later and KMS is enabled by the xorg driver. > The second one has an > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [Mobility > FireGL V5200] > and is not working properly. I understand that radeon.ko needs to be > in the initrd for early loading to work, and this doesn't happen, and > I am at a loss to explain why this doesn happen. Loading drivers which needs firmware this early is currently broken. > For what it's worth, I didn't find any configuration that explicitly > causes the i915.ko to be included in the initramfs on the Intel > system, It is not included. Bastian -- Pain is a thing of the mind. The mind can be controlled. -- Spock, "Operation -- Annihilate!" stardate 3287.2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100326120440.ga11...@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org