On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 21:29, Alex Deucher wrote:
> --- Michel Dnzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 21:47, Alex Deucher wrote: 
> 
> > > As background, mergedfb provides a single framebuffer with two
> > > viewports looking into it.  HW accelerated 3D works fine on both
> > heads
> > > in the inital mode, however I've gotten reports from users that the
> > DRI
> > > stops working when you change "metamodes" using ctrl-alt-+/-. 
> > > metamodes are just mode combinations that describe the mode on each
> > > head for mode changes (e.g., 1024x768-1024x768 1024x768-800x600,
> > etc.).
> > > 
> > > More details about the problem are listed here:
> > > http://bugs.xfree86.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=276
> > 
> > Looks like the hanging ioctl is DRM_IOCTL_LOCK, maybe there's a
> > DRILock()
> > with no corresponding DRIUnlock()?
> > 
> 
> 
> Maybe... I don't know.  I certainly didn't add or remove any when wrote
> mergedfb support.  I don't know why it wouldn't also show up in single
> head mode...

Dunno, non-obvious change of code flow? Tracing the lock functions might
be interesting.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer   \  Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast  \     http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer



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