On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Andrew Benton <b3n...@gmail.com> 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 results are pretty awesome. I now have a high resolution console >> that is a pleasure to use. I was thinking it might be a nice feature to >> add as an option... probably as a hint. >> >> The basic path is as follows: >> >> 1) compile the 2.6.33 kernel with firmware support, initramfs and the >> radeon driver enabled >> 2) create an initrd image for the kernel (there is a hint for this already) >> 3) decompress initrd image, mount it and insert the firmware bin for >> your card > > You don't need to use and initrd, you can compile the firmware into the > kernel. If > it's firmware that comes with the kernel use the option > > CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y > > And if you want to use firmware that doesn't come with the kernel, copy it > into the > firmware folder in the kernel source and use the option > > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="<name-of-firmware>" > > My system hangs early in the boot process if I enable kernel mode setting. > From the > kernel's help page > > > 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
Does it hang, or do you just get a blank screen? If you're using kernel modesetting (KMS), fbcon needs to be loaded to get the console up. Most of the distros are just building it into the kernel so it doesn't have to be modprobe'd. I think it's CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
