Hi Kevin,
Now that KMS is the trend and being adopted by main graphics cards
vendor(Intel, AMD/AIT), so I think KMS driver is needed to be tested as you
said here.
I will get a VX900 chipset based board and try/test OpenChrome KMS
driver then based on my experience for 5 years' working on AMD open source
RADEON KMS driver.
Simultaneously, I prefer to get/buy more old VIA boards as you have
done.
Keep contact.
Sincerely，
Frank
> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: Openchrome-devel
> [mailto:openchrome-devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org] 代表 Kevin Brace
> 发送时间: 2016年2月12日 4:41
> 收件人: openchrome-us...@lists.freedesktop.org;
> openchrome-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> 主题: [Openchrome-devel] Getting ready to release OpenChrome Version 0.3.4
>
> Hi,
>
> Since there has not been a new release of OpenChrome for more than 2 1/2
> years, I feel like we should release a new version very soon, so that various
> Linux / BSD distributions can update their bundled OpenChrome.
> I will like to ask people who have access to various VIA Technologies
> integrated
> graphics based computers to start doing some testing of the master branch
> code so that we can figure out what works and what does not work.
> In particular, I will like to know what does not work, so that we can focus on
> fixing the problems.
> As far as I know, OpenChrome still has the following problems / bugs.
>
> - No mouse cursor on Lubuntu 10.04 (CLE266, KM400, and probably P4M800)
> - When LVDS flat panel is used simultaneously with VGA, there is a crash if
> LVDS
> is turned off and VGA is turned on simultaneously (VN896)
> - When LVDS flat panel is used simultaneously with VGA, after LVDS is turned
> off,
> if VGA resolution is changed, there is a crash (VN896)
> - LVDS flat panel is lost when resuming from ACPI S3 State (standby) (VN896)
> - ACPI S3 State resume instability (VX800)
> - The screen goes blank with during boot (P4M890)
> - Random junk being displayed on the screen when resuming from ACPI S3 / S4
> State (standby / hibernation)
>
> I do own a fair amount of VIA Technologies hardware, but I do not really own
> too many of them that have DVI (via VT1632A TMDS transmitter).
> I recently fixed a bug related to probing for VT1632A with the person who
> reported it, and since I do not own a regular computer that has DVI (I do own
> 2
> thin clients with VT1632A, but have not had to time to figure out how to use
> them.), I want other people to do the testing to see if the latest fix works
> for
> everybody.
> I am also working on trying to fix VGA coming out of s DVI-I connector via DVI
> to VGA dongle, and this is also related to the VT1632A probing issue.
> With the latest fix, VT1632A is being probed for every VIA Technologies
> chipset
> (previously only for P4M800 Pro / VN800 / CN700 chipsets) via I2C buses, and
> as far as I am concerned, this new code path works well with KM400, K8M800,
> VN896, and P4M900.
> Furthermore, there is KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) supporting newer DRM
> module in the repository collecting electronic dust.
>
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/drm-openchrome/
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/drm-openchrome/tree/drivers/gpu/
> drm/via
>
> Personally, I have not been successful in figuring out how to use it so far,
> but
> there is someone who can figure it out how to install it, that will be
> helpful.
> Here is the instructions on how to install it.
>
> https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Openchrome/TtmGemKms/
>
> Anyway, if anyone wants instructions on how to build OpenChrome from the
> master branch, I can provide detailed instructions on how to do it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin Brace (OpenChrome Project Maintainer)
> _______________________________________________
> Openchrome-devel mailing list
> Openchrome-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openchrome-devel
_______________________________________________
Openchrome-devel mailing list
Openchrome-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openchrome-devel
