VIA 686B/Data Corruption FAQ

2001-06-27 Thread Gareth Hughes
http://www.viahardware.com/686bfaq.shtm Couldn't find a mention of this in the archives, but those interested in the VIA chipset issues should check this out. The page contains the following officail statement from VIA: The data corruption error, which some web sites and people have reported wi

[PATCH] CREDITS update

2001-06-26 Thread Gareth Hughes
: Gareth Hughes -E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D: Pentium III FXSR, SSE support -S: 11/187 West Street -S: Crows Nest NSW 2065 -S: Australia +D: Author/maintainer of most DRM drivers (especially ATI, MGA) +D: Core DRM templates, general DRM and 3D-related hacking +S

[PATCH] r128 DRM module -- hardware bug

2001-02-28 Thread Gareth Hughes
The following patch addresses a serious problem with older Rage 128 chipsets, up to and including at least the Rage 128 RF chipset found on the Xpert 2000. The workaround should be classed as a critical fix, as without it such cards will lock almost immediately. -- Gareth --- linux/drivers/char

Re: DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

2001-01-10 Thread Gareth Hughes
Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > glxinfo says dri is not available if I remove the library as I did. So I > rebuilt Mesa and reinstalled it. The full output of glxinfo on my machine > follows. Note that it says "direct rendering: Yes" but the version strings > don't match. Does that indicate the

Patch: Fix for r128 DRM compilation problem

2001-01-04 Thread Gareth Hughes
The 2.4.0 kernel will fail to compile if the r128 DRM module is enabled but AGP support (agpgart) is not. The following patch fixes this error: --- linux/drivers/char/drm/Config.inWed Aug 9 02:27:33 2000 +++ linux.gth/drivers/char/drm/Config.inFri Jan 5 18:11:53 2001 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @

Re: SETFPXREGS fix

2000-11-03 Thread Gareth Hughes
Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 10:50:00AM +1100, Gareth Hughes wrote: > > if ( HAVE_FXSR ) { > > if ( __copy_from_user( &tsk->thread.i387.fxsave, (void *)buf, > >

Re: SETFPXREGS fix

2000-11-03 Thread Gareth Hughes
Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > --- 2.4.0-test10/arch/i386/kernel/i387.cThu Nov 2 20:58:58 2000 > +++ PIII/arch/i386/kernel/i387.cThu Nov 2 18:44:36 2000 > @@ -440,8 +436,25 @@ > int set_fpxregs( struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_fxsr_struct *buf ) > { > if ( HAVE_FXSR